At an end-of-season London soirée a young Hungarian scholar, Dr János Bátky, is introduced to the Earl of Gwynedd, a reclusive eccentric who is the subject of strange rumours. Invited to the family seat, Pendragon Castle in North Wales, Bátky receives a mysterious phone call warning him not to go. Once there, nothing is quite as it seems…

Antal Szerb’s first novel is a gently satirical blend of gothic and romantic genres, crossed with a murder mystery to produce a fast-moving and often hilarious romp. But beneath the surface, Szerb’s steely intelligence poses disturbingly modern questions about the nature of self and reality.

Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.

272 pages

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