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Novel of lust and lunacy that enraged Spain

Josafat
by Prudenci Bertrana
(Francis Boutle, £8.99)

WHEN Josafat was first published in 1906, it caused outrage in Catalonia. A tale of lust and lunacy, it was Prudenci Bertrana’s response to accusations that he had penned a morally dubious novella.

Bertrana (1867-1941) was born into a family with land and property in Girona and Esparra and affiliated to the right-wing Carlist variant of the Catholic church.

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