The Magellan House: Stories
Gardiner, John Rolfe![The Magellan House: Stories](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/919/9193703/CHSBZCOP039193703.jpg)
Life is a minefield for the unsuspecting protagonists of nine wide-ranging tales. Take the Moura family, in the title story, set in Portugal during the Salazar dictatorship. Working-class folk, the Mouras have a small summer cottage on the estate of the Carvalhos, wealthy vineyard owners. After Carvalho prompts him to express his disgust for the tyrant, Moura gets a visit from the secret police. Fortunately, the regime is crumbling, and Gardin...