The fashion of the Spanish Civil War has come to the English-speaking world. In Drought, an Englishman who is suffering from hysteria comes to the post-war Spain to “feel alive.”
In Spain, the long-suffering hysteric called John encounters an endless collection of the hoariest stereotypes about the country known to humanity. Sullen, inarticulate men obsessed with their honor, pasodoble-dancing coy women with brown legs (the author seems to have some sort of a brown – leg fetish), useless, inept Spanish men, submissive, self-sacrificing sisters, gossipy neighbors, and overbearing, sulky fathers.
The moment the author runs out of these stereotypes, the novel ends.
Author: Ronald Fraser
Title: Drought
Language: English
My rating: 1 out of 10
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