The House of Ulloa
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Then he saw the barrel of a gun aimed dead on target - not at him, as he might have expected, but at the clergyman's back.' Set in a crumbling Spanish mansion,aThe House of Ulloaafollows innocent and timid Father JuliBn Alvarez as he tries to turn the aristocratic owner away from drinking, womanizing and emptying the last of the family coffers. But his attempts end in disgrace and disaster in Emilia Pardo BazBn's brilliant novel, which seamlessly mixes realism with the gothic, and pathos with a rich vein of humour. a
Author: Emilia Pardo Bazan
Format: Paperback, 304 pages, 111mm x 181mm, 176 g
Published: 2016, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
Then he saw the barrel of a gun aimed dead on target - not at him, as he might have expected, but at the clergyman's back.' Set in a crumbling Spanish mansion,aThe House of Ulloaafollows innocent and timid Father JuliBn Alvarez as he tries to turn the aristocratic owner away from drinking, womanizing and emptying the last of the family coffers. But his attempts end in disgrace and disaster in Emilia Pardo BazBn's brilliant novel, which seamlessly mixes realism with the gothic, and pathos with a rich vein of humour. a
The House of Ulloa