"He turned his back on the old man to mourn in silence this
unnecessary death and his part in it; but the sight of the coffin
brought anger instead ..." In 1957, a burned-out British journalist
leaves London to recuperate in the idyllic Andalusian village of
Benalamar, a place little changed since the tumult of Spain's civil
war. But when a foreign businessman arrives with plans to develop
the area, the community is thrown into turmoil. During a time of
drought, the promise of a reservoir is meant to allay the fears of
the local populace, but the developer has little idea what he is
playing with. A local farmer commits suicide, and the investigation
that follows leads back into recent history, lost love and civil
war - all a far cry from the tranquil retreat that once promised
respite from a world of lurid headlines and backroom shenanigans.
Drought is a keenly felt novel about memory, love and the clash
between the old world and the new.
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