Of Love & Other Demons

Jonathan Cape, London, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero's doorstep prophesizing a plague of rabies in their Colombian seaport, he dismisses her claims - until he hears that his young daughter, Sierva Maria, was one of four people bitten by a rabid dog, and the only one to survive. Sierva Maria appears completely unscathed - but as rumours of the plague spread, the Marquis and his wife wonder at her continuing good health. In a town consumed by superstition, it's not long before they, and everyone else, put her survival down to a demonic possession and begin to see her supernatural powers as the cause of the town's woes. Only the young priest charged with exorcising the evil spirit recognizes the girl's sanity, but can he convince the town that it's not her that needs healing? Size: 180mm - 250mm. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket has some shelf-wear, a few marks as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0224040251. ISBN/EAN: 9780224040259. Inventory No: 50273. . 9780224040259