From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Daughter of
Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican
horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about a curse
that haunts a legendary lost film - and awakens one woman's hidden
powers. Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented
sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film
industry in '90s Mexico City. And she's all-but-invisible to her
best friend Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, even
though she's been in love with him since childhood. Then Tristán
discovers his new neighbour is the cult horror director Abel
Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he has a way to change
their lives - even if his tales of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic
into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer
fantasy. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta
swears, his career vanished overnight. He is cursed. Now the
director wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him shoot the
missing scene and lift the curse . . . but Montserrat soon notices
a dark presence following her, and Tristán begins seeing the ghost
of his ex-girlfriend . . . As they work together to unravel the
mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their
city, Montserrat and Tristan might find out that sorcerers and
magic are not only the stuff of movies . . .
General
Imprint: |
Jo Fletcher Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
4 July 2024 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5294-1806-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-5294-1806-2 |
Barcode: |
9781529418064 |
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