Name: Toplin (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
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Author: Michael McDowell
ISBN: 9781943910182

portada Toplin (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Michael McDowell

Illustrated by

Harry O. Morris

Publisher

Valancourt Books

Language

English

Pages

156

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 12.7 x 1.1 cm

Weight

0.21 kg.

ISBN13

9781943910182

Synopsis "Toplin (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)"

DEATH IN THE FAMILY BUT COME BACK SOON, the sign said. Obviously it was a lie. The people in the grocery store just wanted to make sure he couldn't buy the spice he needed to make the recipe he'd selected for that night (recipes must be followed exactly). Obviously they wanted him to eat out ... to meet the waitress, Marta, ... to see her horrible, unspeakable, unbearable ugliness. It was obvious to him: her maimed, twisted face was the living desire to be dead. He had to help Marta be dead. His teeth are perfectly white. He can't see colors. He keeps a combination lock on his door and has twelve shelves of cookbooks. His walls bleed blood. His suits each have a number, S-1 through S-6. And life goes on. Life goes on, if you can stand it. Life goes on, for the brave and the damned. Life goes on, but come back soon ... "An ambitious novel of psychological horror." - Publishers Weekly "Compelling-a tour-de-force of storytelling and style ... considerable artistry, marvelous pacing, and a welcome dose of macabre humor." - Fantasy Review "One of the best writers of horror in this country." - Peter Straub

Michael McDowell

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Fue un auténtico monstruo de la literatura. Dotado de una creatividad sin límites, escribió miles de páginas, con una capacidad al nivel de un Balzac o un Dumas. Como ellos, optó por contar historias que llegaran a todo el mundo. Además de novelista, Michael McDowell fue un aclamado guionista. Fruto de su colaboración con Tim Burton fueron Bettlejuice y Pesadilla antes de Navidad, además de un episodio para la serie Alfred Hitchcock presenta. En 1983 publicó la que es sin duda su obra maestra: Blackwater.

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