03187cam a2200529 4500 2648511561 TxAuBib 20260101120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781324105923 1324105925 B0DK4683W3 Amazon a234b49f-bdf5-42d3-ba74-5262a995ef04 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 11272278 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Darkshire, Oliver. Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil [Libby eBook] : A Novel. W. W. Norton & Company, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. middle aged protagonist. magical creatures. british folklore. Marital Issues . talking animals. queer fiction. Ponzi Scheme. cozy fantasy. retelling. spellbook. Decameron. goblins. Farming. Potions. Spells. wizard. curse. Magic. HTML:<p><strong>One of Reactor Mag's Best Books of 2025<br /> One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2025<br /> <br /> A hilarious and surprisingly moving cozy fantasy novel from the best-selling author of Once Upon a Tome.</strong></p> <p>In a tiny farm on the edge of the miserable village of East Grasby, Isabella Nagg is trying to get on with her tiny, miserable existence. Dividing her time between tolerating her feckless husband, caring for the farm's strange animals, cooking up "scrunge," and crooning over her treasured pot of basil, Isabella can't help but think that there might be something more to life. When Mr. Nagg returns home with a spell book purloined from the local wizard, she thinks: what harm could a little magic do?</p> <p>This debut novel by beloved rare bookseller and memoirist Oliver Darkshire reimagines a heroine of Boccaccio's Decameron in a delightfully deranged world of talking plants, walking corpses, sentient animals, and shape-shifting sorcerers. As Isabella and her grouchy, cat-like companion set off to save the village from an entrepreneurial villain running a goblin-fruit Ponzi scheme, Darkshire's tale revels in the ancient books and arcane folklore of a new and original kind of enchantment.</p> <p>A delightful and entertaining story of self-discovery—as well as fungus, capitalism, and sorcery—Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil is a story for those who can't help but find magic even in the oddest and most baffling circumstances.</p>. Humor (Fiction.) Literature. Fantasy. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-12-31 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a234b49f-bdf5-42d3-ba74-5262a995ef04&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a234b49f-bdf5-42d3-ba74-5262a995ef04&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)