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Dark Tales Shirley Jackson

Dark Tales By Shirley Jackson

Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson


$31.99
Condition - Very Good
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Dark Tales Summary

Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson

The perfect read for Hallowe'en, this new hardback volume of Jackson's finest stories reveals the queen of American gothic at her unsettling, mesmerising best There's something nasty in suburbia. In these deliciously dark tales, the daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and seek, the loving wife hides homicidal thoughts and the concerned citizen might just be an infamous serial killer. In the haunting world of Shirley Jackson, nothing is as it seems and nowhere is safe, from the city streets to the country manor, and from the small-town apartment to the dark, dark woods...

Dark Tales Reviews

Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written ... No-one can touch her -- Donna Tartt
The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable -- A. M. Homes
One of the great practitioners of the literature of the darker impulses' -- Paul Theroux
An amazing writer -- Neil Gaiman
Dark Tales reveals a superior gothic writer ... Shirley Jackson's menacing gothic tales are a joy to rediscover * The Times *
An excellent primer for her short fiction * The Pool *

About Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson was born in California in 1916. When her short story The Lottery was first published in the New Yorker in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the most iconic American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by Hangsaman, The Bird's Nest, The Sundial, The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, widely seen as her masterpiece. In addition to her dark, brilliant novels, she wrote lightly fictionalized magazine pieces about family life with her four children and her husband, the critic Stanley Edgar Hyman. Shirley Jackson died in 1965.

Additional information

GOR008070856
9780241295427
0241295424
Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
20161006
208
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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