The Woodwitch Valancourt 20th Century Classics Gregory Stephen
The Woodwitch Valancourt 20th Century Classics Gregory Stephen 'A thorough reinvention of the Gothic landscape . . . a queerly intense, hothouse atmosphere.' - Newsday 'A finely written and truly…
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The Woodwitch Valancourt 20th Century Classics Gregory Stephen
'A thorough reinvention of the Gothic landscape . . . a queerly intense, hothouse atmosphere.' - Newsday 'A finely written and truly creepy novel with a haunting feel for decay and corruption.' - BooksAndrew Pinkney is a young English solicitor's clerk with boyish good looks and a gentle manner. Gregory's voice and vision are wholly original.' - Ramsey Campbell 'Admirable . . .
When his girlfriend Jennifer laughs at his impotence, he lashes out in a violent rage, knocking her unconscious. But he also has a dark side. At the suggestion of his employer, Andrew heads to an isolated cottage in the dark Welsh countryside to take a break and get a grip on himself.
In the woods, he discovers the grotesque stinkhorn mushroom, whose phallic shape seems to rise in obscene mockery of his own shortcomings. But the stinkhorn gives him an idea, a way to win Jennifer