The Feast
The Feast by Margaret Kennedy, published by Simon and Schuster on June 6, 2023, is a 336-page work presented in English. This book unfolds as an upstairs-downstairs tragicomedy set in a seaside resort in postwar England, where a catastrophic event dramatically alters the lives of its characters. The narrative centers around a disaster at the Pendizack Manor Hotel, where a cliff collapse results in the deaths of seven guests, prompting the survivors to recount the events leading up to the calamity.
Readers will encounter a rich tapestry of human behavior as the survivors reveal their stories, exposing a range of sins such as gluttony, pride, and envy. The book combines elements of fiction, satire, and psychological exploration, offering a unique perspective on the complexities of human nature. With its blend of classic characterization and thriller-like pacing, The Feast invites readers to reflect on the interplay of fate and moral failings in a setting marked by both beauty and tragedy.
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An ingenious, upstairs-downstairs tragicomedy that unfolds like a thriller, set at a doomed seaside resort in Postwar England.
Summer, 1947. A bizarre catastrophe rocks a seaside village in Cornwall when a cliff tumbles down on the Pendizack Manor Hotel. The hotel is obliterated, and seven guests are killed in the disaster. Everyone else makes a narrow escape. As the survivors tell their stories, the events of the previous week are revealed, and a parade of sins exposed. Gluttony, Lecherousness, Sloth, Pride, Covetousness, Envy and Wrath: all are in residence at Pendizack Manor, and as the day of the disaster creeps closer, it becomes clear that who’s spared and who’s lost might not be as arbitrary as first assumed.
With the rich characterization of a classic Victorian novel and the pacing of psychological thriller, The Feast is sly, kaleidoscopic, and utterly ingenious: a novel that only Margaret Kennedy could have written.
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