The Fig Eater

ISBN: 9780316785648

定价: 191.60

内容简介

Vienna， 1910. A hot August night. An eighteen-year-old girl named Dora (loosely inspired by Freuds famous patient) is found brutally murdered in the Volksgarten park. The crime is being investigated by the Inspector， newly schooled in rationalist criminology. Meanwhile， his Hungarian wife， Erszbet， driven by Gypsy superstition， and a teenage English governess become obsessed with the murder. They are certain the figs found in Doras stomach during the autopsy are the clue to the identity of the murdererfor there are no fresh figs in Vienna at this time of year. The book is rich with detail about Vienna and Gypsy folklore and filled with descriptions of food， photography， botany， perverse medical practices， and sexu