A strange book - (a translation). Janina Duszejko, an eccentric loner and nature lover, looks after holiday homes of the Warsaw wealthy in rural Poland. It's a murder mystery with a twist, which she is trying to solve with the aid of her equally reclusive neighbours who she nicknames 'Oddball', 'Dizzy' and (the victim) 'Bigfoot'. She has other obsessions too - astrology and the poems of William Blake (hence the title and chapter headings). A dark story with political undertones!
(Mary Standing - bwl 111 Winter 2024 ) |
