The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart

In this black comedy of horrors set during the Dark Ages, two brothers steal and kill to survive in a land infested with supernatural evil. “Dark, funny, profane, erudite, bawdy, and wickedly original.” — New York Times –bestselling author Jeff VanderMeer Hegel and Manfried Grossbart may not consider themselves bad men—but death still stalks them through the dark woods of medieval Europe. The year is 1364, and the brothers Grossbart have embarked on a naïve quest for fortune. Descended from a lo