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A selection of five original tales of horror, accompanied by "The Guardian," a full-length novel about a child enmeshed in a web of evil and terror
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Farris's latest collection consists of a short story, a novelette and a novel. The clever, if predictable, story, "The Odor of Violets," tells of an author who steals another's brilliant unpublished manuscript on the day of its creator's death. The thief publishes the novel under his own name and basks in glory until the dead man's muse cooks up a nasty bit of poetic justice. The novelette, "Horrorshow," is a good deal better, even if the ending isn't totally credible. Concerning the murder of a girl and the discovery of her murderer by a psychic who is himself accused of the crime, it is full of original characters and memorable moments. The novel, The Guardians, is set in the early '60s and bears evidence of having been written then, before Farris became proficient at the craft. The pace is leaden and the plot unnecessarily complicated; the effect is tedious. Altogether, a very uneven collection.
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From Library Journal
These three stories by well-known horror novelist Farris are neither gripping nor memorable. "The Odor of Violets" is a predictable moral tale about an author who, having stolen a dying man's novel, receives his supernatural comeuppance. In "The Guardian," a governor's son narrowly escapes death after a series of "accidents"; he is supposedly being victimized by his father's political and personal adversaries. In the most original of the three, drifter Hero Flynn is framed for the murder of a small-town girl in "Horrorshow." This story contains some needed levity: the dead girl appears to Hero, telling him how to avenge her while painting her ghostly nails a pretty shade of pink for her funeral. Not recommended. A.M.B. Amantia, Population Crisis Committee Lib., Washington, D.C.
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- PublisherTor
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0340502819
- ISBN 13 9780340502815
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hodder & Stoughton 1989 First Edition in the UK First Printing Page edges lightly browned else Fine book in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket ''. will take you from the supernatural sorcery of ancient Babylon to the awful spectacle of reincarnated gods, from the terrifying mysteries of life after death to the horrendous power of forces from beyond the grave. '' Contains the short The Odor of Violets, the novella: Horrorshow and novel: The Guardians. Book. Seller Inventory # 100869
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