Blood and Water and Other Tales
1988
First Published
3.59
Average Rating
194
Number of Pages
Dark, unnerving and wickedly funny, Patrick McGrath's acclaimed short stories deal in the bizarre, the erotic and the unexpected. A failed writer meets an ageing gin-queen who claims he was once visited by an angel; a little girl finds a delirious, dying explorer from the Congo at the bottom of her back garden; a night-club is terrorized by a strange libidinous hand; and a young Victorian lady sails to India to find her fiancé Cecil horribly transformed...
Avg Rating
3.59
Number of Ratings
351
5 STARS
20%
4 STARS
36%
3 STARS
30%
2 STARS
11%
1 STARS
3%
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Author
Patrick McGrath
Author · 15 books
Patrick McGrath was born in London and grew up near Broadmoor Hospital where his father was Medical Superintendent. He was educated at Stonyhurst College. He is a British novelist whose work has been categorized as gothic fiction. He is married to actress Maria Aitken and lives in New York City.
