Very few inhabitants of the Sardinian village of Abacrasta (not to be found on map or in encyclopaedia), survive to old age. By tradition they are fated to take their own lives, with belts or ropes, having heard the Voice ('Ajo! Get ready, your time has come!') telling them to prepare to die. This remarkable novel, incredibly inventive and stunningly written, tells the stories of the Abacrastians, of their lives and remarkable deaths, in a series of tales that feel as though they are written by Marquez and Patrcik Suskind, working as a team.
The book isn't really quite like anything else, but it is the stuff of which cults are made.
