ACCLAIM GREETS THE BAD SEED...


'A story that brings Angela Carter to mind but grows luxuriantly and defiantly in home soil...'
Cath Kenneally
Sydney Morning Herald, 11/11/05

'This subtle mental torture, teamed with Meehan's elegant prose, is captivating'.
Tony Maniaty
Weekend Australian, 26/11/05

'There is something of Elizabeth Jolley in her mix of the strange and the proper, and more
than a whiff of Angela Carter's wicked fairytales too...'
Michelle Griffin
The Age, 21/1/06


THE BAD SEED

Her young daughter has disappeared, sparking a massive murder hunt, and now her husband has gone walkabout in the bush with no plans to return.

Nothing is coming up roses for small-time gardening correspondent Agatha.

So she plants the seeds of a new life in an isolated village … in the dilapidated former home of a renowned witch.

A strange new lover and mysterious visitors from half a world away will not allow Agatha's own ghosts to rest … and her garden produces dark honey and poison as Maurilia Meehan's tale builds to a chilling climax.

Sinister flora and phantoms flourish in this rich and unforgettable work from the pen of the award-winning author of the acclaimed "Performances", "Adultery", "The Sea People" and "Fury".






THE BAD SEED
Paperback ISBN 1-905202-12-1 £6.99
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