Chapter 4: Catalyst
The name "Mona St. Tarpaulin" echoed in my mind.
Thomas Grey, a wealthy aspiring poet, becomes inspired when he finds a newspaper clipping of an obituary for a Mona St.Tarpaulin of the Normandy fishing village Villemagnon. He travels to Villemagnon and rents a room by the North Sea. He is greeted with animosity by the locals, he frequents the local tavern Le Cri Sirene, and starts an escalating abusive relationship with the barmaid Marie. His obsession with Mona escalates and his behaviour becomes more erratic and delusional.
The name "Mona St. Tarpaulin" echoed in my mind.