Methods of Madness (SIGNED Limited Edition) Copy 402 of 425

Garton, Ray

ISBN 10: 091316545X / ISBN 13: 9780913165454

Published by Dark Harvest Books, 1990

About this Item

Hardcover. Book and Dust Jacket are in FINE condition in a FINE condition Slipcase. 1990. Dark Harvest Books. 243 pages. SIGNED by the Author. This is copy "402" of a Limited Edition of 425 copies. This is one of hundreds of Like-New condition Limited Editions "Mostly Lettered" recently acquired from a major Collector of Fantastic, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Literature. Presses include Centipede, Gauntlet, PS Publishing, Bloodletting, Cargo Cult, Biting Dog, Night Shade, Subterranean, Cemetery Dance, Delirium, Overlook Connection, Borderlands, Dark Regions, and Charnel House. Inquiries Welcome. ; 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.0 inches; 243 pages; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Methods of Madness (SIGNED Limited Edition) Copy 402 of 425
• Publisher: Dark Harvest Books
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 091316545X
• ISBN 13: 9780913165454
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Paul Sonju
• Edition: Limited Edition; First Printing.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Stories about the hidden, twisted sides of human nature include "Fat," "Active Member," "Something Kinky," "Sinema," "Shock Radio," and "Dr. Krusadian's Method"

Reviews

This is the first fiction collection from Garton, who has previously published four horror novels. A writer of some rough power, he is not in total control of his material: his stories are often crude, their various elements poorly integrated. His writing is compelling, however, particularly when he explores psychopathologies. A fascination with the effects of sexual repression figures importantly in several of the six tales. In "Active Member," a man is dissociated from and terrorized by his own sexuality. "Something Kinky," the most polished story here, is a Hitchcockian account of a man who, after allowing himself to stray one night following years of an unsatisfying marriage, is inadvertently drawn into blackmail and murder. In "Sinema," a boy being raised by strict Seventh Day Adventist grandparents is befriended by an older man who has a VCR and an extensive library of illicit tapes. Other stories concern a radical therapy for child abusers; the revenge a man's body fat takes on the woman who has rejected him; and an account of bloody poetic justice.
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