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Before she became the world's most famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie wrote novels of emotional depth and psychological insight under the name Mary Westmacott. Giant's Bread is the first and most ambitious of these works-a powerful, introspective novel about genius, ambition, love, and the cost of devotion to art. The story follows Vernon Deyre, a gifted composer whose talent sets him apart from those who love him. As his music grows in complexity and power, his relationships fracture, and the pursuit of artistic truth begins to demand sacrifices that no one can fully escape. Told with subtlety, restraint, and deep emotional intelligence, the novel explores how creativity can both elevate and destroy. Far removed from the puzzles of Christie's detective fiction, Giant's Bread reveals another side of her brilliance: a novelist deeply concerned with inner lives, emotional consequence, and the quiet tragedies of human ambition. This Rediscovered Books edition restores a remarkable literary novel to modern readers-one that deserves to be read not as a curiosity, but as a serious work of twentieth-century fiction.

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Mary Westmacott was the literary pseudonym used by Agatha Christie for a series of six non-mystery novels published between 1930 and 1956. Under this name, Christie explored themes of love, loss, identity, and psychological conflict with a depth and intimacy she deliberately kept separate from her detective work.Though long overshadowed by her crime fiction, the Westmacott novels are now widely recognized as essential to understanding Christie's full range as a writer. They stand as quiet, emotionally resonant works of literary fiction by one of the twentieth century's most versatile authors.

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