Bellman and Black, or a stranger in black. Setterfield D.

Bellman and Black is the last novel by Diana Setterfield, the famous author of the Thirteenth Tale, a recognized masterpiece of modern English prose, which made critics talk about the return of the Golden Age of the British novel, covered in the names of Charlotte and Emily Bronte and Daphne Du, < /p>

as a child, William Bellmen kills rooks from a slingshot; The impossible, through the entire field, the shot nevertheless gets into the target. This act is soon forgotten, but has unpredictable and tragic consequences after many years, when William has already grown, became a respected person, happily married, with four children. After all, rooks do not forget anything... And now at night, in the cemetery, William concludes an incredible deal with a stranger in a black, mysteriously entered into his life; A deal that will forever change the fate of William.