I think that we all - in the words of Mulder, from The X-Files - want to believe. Why we're so fascinated with monsters and strange stories To hear the full interview, click 'listen' above. Sarah Perry's comments have been edited and condensed. It was a number one bestseller in Britain, and it was named Book of the Year at the 2017 British Book Awards. They are set at odds by their worldviews, but bound together by a powerful attraction.Ī rich, literary novel set in the Victorian era that asks big questions about science, faith and fear is an unlikely contender for the breakaway hit of the year, but that is exactly what The Essex Serpent has become. So begins Sarah Perry's new novel, The Essex Serpent.Īt its heart are two people trying to discover what really lives in the river: woman of science, who believes the serpent belongs to a previously undiscovered species, and a man of God, who sees the rumours as proof the members of his flock have lost their way. Perhaps it is a sign from God, or the devil. The marshy landscape they live in seems to be rising against them. School girls experience mass hysteria, and the whole community is gripped by a restless fear. A man washes up with his neck twisted the wrong way around. It is 1893, and there is strange news out of Essex.Ī mythical serpent, believed to have terrorized the area three centuries earlier, has been spotted again in the river.
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