The Grotesque - Couverture souple

McGrath, Patrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140126538 ISBN 13 : 9780140126532

Editeur : Penguin, 1990

Synopsis

This is a disturbing gothic tale set in a manor house in Berkshire in 1949, in which Sir Hugo Coal, amateur palaeontologist, curmudgeon and sexual fantasist, recounts the fall of the House of Crook.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Patrick McGrath is the author of two story collections and eight novels, including Asylum, which was an international bestseller. His novels have been widely translated, and he is also the author of Ghost Town: Tales of Manhattan Then and Now, a collection of novellas. Trauma was shortlisted in the UK for the Costa Novel Award. Spider was filmed by David Cronenberg from McGrath's adaptation. Constance, his most recent novel, was published in 2013. He coedited an influential anthology of short fiction, The New Gothic, and recent nonfiction includes introductions to The Monk, Moby Dick and Barnaby Rudge. Patrick McGrath lives in Manhattan and London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140126538
• ISBN 13: 9780140126532
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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