The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold Andrea Stewart Man Booker Prize-longlisted author of

Man Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Water Cure

extracting vulnerable fae lured by the local fang gangs

battlefield where his military skills are tested

legends and mighty goddesses

The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold Andrea Stewart Man Booker Prize-longlisted author ofThe Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold remains one of Eveyln Waugh's most remarkable and self revealing works. Three years before he wrote it, Waugh suffered "a brief bout of hallucination" similar to the one that besets Mr. Pinfold in this wildly witty and occasionally frightening novel. A successful, middle aged novelist with a case of "bad nerves," Gilbert Pinfold embarks on a recuperative trip to Ceylon. Almost as soon as the gangplank lifts, Mr. Pinfold