Genevieve Gaunt

Neo-gothic horror: Strega, by Johanne Lykke Holm

A teenage maid goes missing after a party of men arrive at a lonely alpine hotel for a sinister carnival feast

A lonely alpine hotel provides the setting for Johanne Lykke Holm’s Strega. [Alamy]
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    Johanne Lykke Holm, translated by Saskia Vogel

    Lolli Editions, pp. 200, £14

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