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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6. Seller Inventory # G0802138268I3N00
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Good. The second novel from the best-selling Argentine author of The Anatomist, The Merciful Women is a brilliant retelling of the birth of the Gothic novel. In the summer of 1816, Percy and Mary Shelley, Mary's sister, and Lord Byron hid themselves away in a Swiss villa, whiling away rainy afternoons with the Gothic novel contest that would produce Frankenstein. Andahazi's reimagining focuses on the fifth competitor: John Polidori, Byron's manservant, a talentless hack resentful of the ease of his master's life. Through a Faustian pact with an unseen intercessant, Polidori obtains the most compelling vampire story ever written. But "The Vampyre" has striking similarities to Polidori's benefactor and to what she asks of him in return. Opium, erotica, and decadence meld into a sly and stylish novel about literary ambition, talent, and inspiration. "A hoot . a Voltaire-like skewering of the myth of genius. Andahazi can remind you of vintage Terry Southern." -- Richard Wallace, The Seattle Times "Playful, satiric, erotic, sometimes savage, sometimes slapstick . something completely different, and well worth reading. -- San Francisco Chronicle "As a piece of mock-scholarly, wickedly ironic entertainment, it is an utter delight." -- Publishers Weekly "This literary tour de force cum vampire tale will leave the reader gasping-from laughter and horror by turns." -- The Baltimore Sun. Seller Inventory # SONG0802138268
Book Description Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00027839158
Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. New York: Grove Press [2002]. Near Fine. 2002. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 0802138268 . First Grove Press Paperback Edition [stated, and printing code line ends with a "1"]. "A brilliant retelling of the birth of the Gothic novel.Opoium, erotica, and decadence meld into a sly and stylish novel about literary ambition, talent, and inspiration". 188 pages, illustrated. Near Fine copy with a tiny spot stain to the top edge. . cel bx A. Seller Inventory # 53764
Book Description Condition: VeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover. Seller Inventory # 52GZZZ0200NX_ns
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