Sophie Mackintosh: Cursed Bread [2023] hardback PREKI a highly decorated general and

a highly decorated general and an anxious secretary

until by the 3rd century AD it was the universal sidearm of both infantry and cavalry

and now her killer hunts the child that witnessed the brutal crime

another young woman stokes her obsession with Annalise

This extraordinary book tells Asad's story

Sophie Mackintosh: Cursed Bread [2023] hardback PREKI a highly decorated general andFrom the Booker Prize nominated author of The Water Cure comes a chilling new feminist fable based on the true story of an unsolved mystery A recommended read for 2023 in The Times, Guardian, Irish Times, Scotsman, iD, Good Housekeeping, Big Issue and Our Culture 'A shimmering fever dream of a novel' Telegraph 'A dreamy sapphic romp' The Times 'Gauzy [and] gripping, a quietly rich maturation of Mackintosh's skill' Guardian If you eat the bread, you'll