Drood: A Novel
by Dan Simmons
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Fiction. Thriller. On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens--at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world--hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever . Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, show more opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something more terrifying? Just as he did in The Terror , Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens's life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens's friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), DROOD explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to Dickens's final, unfinished work: The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Chilling, haunting, and utterly original, DROOD is Dan Simmons at his powerful best. Bonus ebook included: Charles Dickens classic "The Signal-Man"- the haunting tale of a train worker tormented by ghostly predictions that is referenced in the novel. show lessTags
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Caramellunacy Both are Gothic 'gaslight' thrillers featuring famous authors as protagonists. Drood is a macabre story of what ostensibly inspired Dickens to write his last unfinished novella (according to his ever-unreliable friend Wilkie Collins). What Alice Knew features the James siblings (psychologist William, author Henry and their invalid sister) as they attempt to puzzle out who is responsible for the Ripper murders.
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suzecate They're historical mystery/thriller set in Victorian England and involving Charles Dickens.
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shellibrary This book has a very similar atmosphere and feel.
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Runkst In both books, Simmons fictionalizes a famous writer and fits his story around the historical facts. (Drood: Charles Dickens, The Crook Factory: Ernest Hemingway)
SheReadsNovels This book is also set in the 19th century and written in the style of Charles Dickens or Wilkie Collins.
Reysbro Down below London...a fantasy tale taking place in London's Underworld / Undertown. Similar to the beginning of Drood with the descent beneath London's streets.
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One of my all time favourite books. A fictional account told by Wilkie Collins about on the latter part of Charles Dickens' life which introduces a malignant, supernatural character known as Drood which inspires Dickens to compose his final novel.
A wonderful blend of fact and fiction, with Simmons keeping things cleverly veiled as Collins wonders whether Drood is real or an opium phantasm. A deep exploration of the relationship Dickens has with Collins his mistresses, but also the connection he had with the deeper underbelly of London - which is both haunting and beautifully described.
But what Simmons does best, is bring his historical charatcers to life and Dickens is perhaps his most triumphant achievement in this field, accurately show more bringing Dicken's eccentric and colourful personality out in way no other fiction or biography has captured.
I love the Terror - a book I rate as one of the all time great novels - and found some value in The Abominable. But, Drood is perhaps the one that clicked the most with. A dark, brooding and gothic masterpiece, it's also a long, slow book which might not click with everyone, but one I felt more than earned its time with me. show less
A wonderful blend of fact and fiction, with Simmons keeping things cleverly veiled as Collins wonders whether Drood is real or an opium phantasm. A deep exploration of the relationship Dickens has with Collins his mistresses, but also the connection he had with the deeper underbelly of London - which is both haunting and beautifully described.
But what Simmons does best, is bring his historical charatcers to life and Dickens is perhaps his most triumphant achievement in this field, accurately show more bringing Dicken's eccentric and colourful personality out in way no other fiction or biography has captured.
I love the Terror - a book I rate as one of the all time great novels - and found some value in The Abominable. But, Drood is perhaps the one that clicked the most with. A dark, brooding and gothic masterpiece, it's also a long, slow book which might not click with everyone, but one I felt more than earned its time with me. show less
Whoa. I have read quite a bit of Dan Simmons over the years, and truly enjoyed much of it, but this ... is dire. Really, really dire. The characters are flat, the action forced and preposterous. Everything is just that much too much, and in (to me) entirely muddle-headed directions of much-ness. Reading it, I feel like I'm wading through an Indiana Jones movie -- but one of the not-very-good ones like, say, Temple of Doom. No subtlety, no sense of truly *felt* reality. Can printed words be made with unconvincing CGI?
A small example is when, early in the book, narrator Wilkie Collins stops for a meal and tells the reader "[t]onight I decided to dine relatively lightly" -- then proceeds to list a ginormous number of dishes, courses, etc. show more Oh, ha, ha, ha. Very subtle humor: thump, thump, thump on the top of the head. Now imagine 800+ pages of such subtlety. It makes the MCU look positively urbane by comparison.
I have to put this one down and go over to my library to pull out something artful.
What happened here, Dan? show less
A small example is when, early in the book, narrator Wilkie Collins stops for a meal and tells the reader "[t]onight I decided to dine relatively lightly" -- then proceeds to list a ginormous number of dishes, courses, etc. show more Oh, ha, ha, ha. Very subtle humor: thump, thump, thump on the top of the head. Now imagine 800+ pages of such subtlety. It makes the MCU look positively urbane by comparison.
I have to put this one down and go over to my library to pull out something artful.
What happened here, Dan? show less
"Drood" is more than a book; it is an experience, a total immersion into Victorian England and the personal lives of two of the most famous authors of the day: Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Either way the reader chooses to experience this Dan Simmons book, by reading it or by listening to the audio book version, is a major commitment of time and effort. The book itself is almost 800 pages long and the audio version of 24 CDs requires just under 30 hours of listening time. The audio book, read by Simon Prebble, is the route I chose to follow.
"Drood" begins with the June 1865 train wreck in which Dickens, his mistress and her mother barely escape with their lives. Amidst the mutilated, dead and dying passengers, Dickens encounters show more a ghoulish character called Drood; a man Dickens comes to believe is actually taking the lives of injured passengers rather than trying to save them. Dickens becomes obsessed with the idea of Drood and he recruits his close friend, Wilkie Collins, to help him track down the ghostlike man. Dickens, Collins, and various detectives and bodyguards will spend the next several months trying to catch up with the mysterious Drood, a man Dickens is told is responsible for more than 300 London murders. The chase will lead Dickens and Collins into London's "Undertown," a cavern-like part of the city, complete with its own underground river system, inhabited largely by criminal gangs, opium dealers and addicts, and London's thousands of orphaned street children. Things become uncomfortable for the two authors when Drood takes an interest in them and begins to manipulate the pair in unexplainable ways.
There is much more to "Drood," however, than the search for a man Dickens believes to be the most successful serial-killer in England's history. This is the story of two men, both highly successful authors of their day, and their supposed friendship. Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins were friends and collaborators for a number of years and the working relationship seems to have served both men well. Simmons, though, chooses the voice of Wilkie Collins to narrate "Drood" and what Collins has to say about Dickens opens the reader to a whole different possibility about their relationship.
As portrayed here, Wilkie Collins is not a happy man, especially when it comes to comparing his literary status to that of the only man he considers a rival, Charles Dickens. In truth, Collins despises Dickens and cannot believe that the supremacy of his work over that of Dickens is not universally recognized. After all, he has written a masterpiece in "The Woman in White" and has even created a new genre, that of the detective novel, with "The Moonstone." But Dickens is still the literary king of his day - and Charles Dickens is not above reminding Collins of that fact at every opportunity, even if he has to create those opportunities himself.
As Collins struggles to surpass the reputation of Dickens, or at least to equal it, his use of opium increases to such a degree that he begins to lose touch with reality. Collins begins to suspect Dickens of murder (as research for a future novel) and has opium-induced dreams of his own in which he murders Dickens and hides his remains so that "the Inimitable" can never be buried in Westminster Abbey. Opium plays such a large role in "Drood" - and in Collins's perception of reality - that the reader will often wonder what is real and what is not. Does Drood really exist or is Dickens making his old friend the victim of a sadistic practical joke? One has to decide for himself but, in the end, it does not really matter because this book is really about the clash of two massive egos and the drug culture of the day. The mysterious Drood is just the hook on which Simmons hangs this clever character-study.
Dan Simmons has written a wonderfully atmospheric, character-driven thriller that is almost certain to appeal to lovers of British literature. The audio book reader, Simon Prebble, does a remarkable job in making Dickens, Collins, and a cast of assorted characters come to life. He does such a good job of providing distinct accents and speech patterns for the main characters that they are soon recognizable by the "sounds of their voices," a feat few audio book readers even come close to achieving.
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"Drood" begins with the June 1865 train wreck in which Dickens, his mistress and her mother barely escape with their lives. Amidst the mutilated, dead and dying passengers, Dickens encounters show more a ghoulish character called Drood; a man Dickens comes to believe is actually taking the lives of injured passengers rather than trying to save them. Dickens becomes obsessed with the idea of Drood and he recruits his close friend, Wilkie Collins, to help him track down the ghostlike man. Dickens, Collins, and various detectives and bodyguards will spend the next several months trying to catch up with the mysterious Drood, a man Dickens is told is responsible for more than 300 London murders. The chase will lead Dickens and Collins into London's "Undertown," a cavern-like part of the city, complete with its own underground river system, inhabited largely by criminal gangs, opium dealers and addicts, and London's thousands of orphaned street children. Things become uncomfortable for the two authors when Drood takes an interest in them and begins to manipulate the pair in unexplainable ways.
There is much more to "Drood," however, than the search for a man Dickens believes to be the most successful serial-killer in England's history. This is the story of two men, both highly successful authors of their day, and their supposed friendship. Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins were friends and collaborators for a number of years and the working relationship seems to have served both men well. Simmons, though, chooses the voice of Wilkie Collins to narrate "Drood" and what Collins has to say about Dickens opens the reader to a whole different possibility about their relationship.
As portrayed here, Wilkie Collins is not a happy man, especially when it comes to comparing his literary status to that of the only man he considers a rival, Charles Dickens. In truth, Collins despises Dickens and cannot believe that the supremacy of his work over that of Dickens is not universally recognized. After all, he has written a masterpiece in "The Woman in White" and has even created a new genre, that of the detective novel, with "The Moonstone." But Dickens is still the literary king of his day - and Charles Dickens is not above reminding Collins of that fact at every opportunity, even if he has to create those opportunities himself.
As Collins struggles to surpass the reputation of Dickens, or at least to equal it, his use of opium increases to such a degree that he begins to lose touch with reality. Collins begins to suspect Dickens of murder (as research for a future novel) and has opium-induced dreams of his own in which he murders Dickens and hides his remains so that "the Inimitable" can never be buried in Westminster Abbey. Opium plays such a large role in "Drood" - and in Collins's perception of reality - that the reader will often wonder what is real and what is not. Does Drood really exist or is Dickens making his old friend the victim of a sadistic practical joke? One has to decide for himself but, in the end, it does not really matter because this book is really about the clash of two massive egos and the drug culture of the day. The mysterious Drood is just the hook on which Simmons hangs this clever character-study.
Dan Simmons has written a wonderfully atmospheric, character-driven thriller that is almost certain to appeal to lovers of British literature. The audio book reader, Simon Prebble, does a remarkable job in making Dickens, Collins, and a cast of assorted characters come to life. He does such a good job of providing distinct accents and speech patterns for the main characters that they are soon recognizable by the "sounds of their voices," a feat few audio book readers even come close to achieving.
Rated at :4.0 show less
Hmmm. I really, really, really wanted to love this book. I enjoyed The Terror, and this one has some similarities. It's very long! It's very well researched, with a lot of historical detail. And of course it has a horror/fantastical element that, like the polar bear in The Terror, shows up occasionally but is not really the main focus of the book. Drood felt more disjointed, though, more hit-and-miss. I think that's because The Terror tells a fascinating, gripping account about the doomed Franklin expedition. It's exciting and dramatic and scary even without the polar bear. But without Drood, this book is about...two middle-aged Victorian bigamist writers. Simmons certainly did his homework, including an incredible amount of detail. But show more do we really care about all the luminaries who had Christmas dinner at Dickens' house in 1867? Or the minutiae of the publishing deals in the UK and the US for Collins' "Moonstone"? The scary parts were definitely scary and dramatic, but they were very few and far between.
Then there's the fact that Simmons has taken tremendous liberties with both Dickens and Collins. I am no expert, so I'm unclear on fact versus fiction. However, I'm reasonably certain that Collins never murdered anyone, and Dickens did not mesmerize anyone for five years! As a result, this book feels less like historical fiction that Real People Fic. (IYKYK.) And I just don't like Simmons' characterization of Collins especially. I am one of those people who thinks Collins is a better writer than Dickens, and one of the things I love about him is his portrayal of women and of women's issues. But Simmons basically turns Collins on his head, so that for example, "Man and Wife" (which I have not yet read) is not really about a woman trapped in an abusive marriage, but is instead about men being trapped by women into marriage -- ???? Neither Dickens nor Collins were saints, but Collins in particular is so misogynistic in this novel, it's really off-putting.
So the horror element is sporadic and not well-integrated. The book combines minute historical detail with broad artistic liberties. Overall, it's just not very well constructed and is truly a slog to get through, and worse, the ending is confusing and unsatisfying. I had been inclined to rate this four stars, but about 4/5 of the way through, I thought Simmons might end this in a really clever and inspired way that would bump it up to 5. But instead, the ending is such a hot mess, I dropped it to three. There were parts of this book I greatly enjoyed, but in the end I just can't recommend it to anyone. And now I think I will definitely skip his Mt Everest book. show less
Then there's the fact that Simmons has taken tremendous liberties with both Dickens and Collins. I am no expert, so I'm unclear on fact versus fiction. However, I'm reasonably certain that Collins never murdered anyone, and Dickens did not mesmerize anyone for five years! As a result, this book feels less like historical fiction that Real People Fic. (IYKYK.) And I just don't like Simmons' characterization of Collins especially. I am one of those people who thinks Collins is a better writer than Dickens, and one of the things I love about him is his portrayal of women and of women's issues. But Simmons basically turns Collins on his head, so that for example, "Man and Wife" (which I have not yet read) is not really about a woman trapped in an abusive marriage, but is instead about men being trapped by women into marriage -- ???? Neither Dickens nor Collins were saints, but Collins in particular is so misogynistic in this novel, it's really off-putting.
So the horror element is sporadic and not well-integrated. The book combines minute historical detail with broad artistic liberties. Overall, it's just not very well constructed and is truly a slog to get through, and worse, the ending is confusing and unsatisfying. I had been inclined to rate this four stars, but about 4/5 of the way through, I thought Simmons might end this in a really clever and inspired way that would bump it up to 5. But instead, the ending is such a hot mess, I dropped it to three. There were parts of this book I greatly enjoyed, but in the end I just can't recommend it to anyone. And now I think I will definitely skip his Mt Everest book. show less
A coffee review for the shop I work for. I've been a fan of Simmons since I read Hyperion way back when. This isn't quite as good as last years' The Terror, but it's terrifically ambitious and clever.
This blockbuster historical novel, set over the final years in the life of Charles Dickens, is an intricate, psychological thriller, a puzzling examination of madness and literary rivalry, sometimes comic, sometimes horrific. Narrated by Wilkie Collins, remembered today as the author of The Moonstone and The Woman In White, generally regarded as the precursors of the modern mystery novel, who is Dickens’ friend and, in his own mind, equal, Drood opens with an account of a terrifying rail crash in which Dickens was a passenger and show more survivor. Moving amongst the dead and dying, Dickens encounters a terrible, spectral figure in black who introduces himself as ‘Drood.’ Dickens proceeds to search for this disfigured creature through the slums and sewers of London, dragging a reluctant Collins along in his wake.
This is merely the opening of a long and strange odyssey. As Dickens appears to lose interest in Drood, Collins finds himself ensnared in a strange underworld, addicted to opium, labouring under the shadow of one of the greatest of literary geniuses, he becomes obsessive, paranoid and possibly delusional.
Dan Simmons is best known for his science fiction, but he has also been known to dip into crime and horror. Drood bears more of a resemblance to his previous book, The Terror, an extraordinary fictionalised account of a doomed Arctic expedition stalked by a supernatural monster. Drood has a pair of doomed authors stalked by a gothic villain.
Collins’ pungent narration lays bare Dickens, warts and all, a selfish egoist with a mean, angry streak, yet also kind and generous to a fault, and capable of the most amazing acts of courage and sacrifice. Despite acute mental and physical suffering, Dickens embarks on a gruelling series of reading tours that exact an appalling toll, yet Dickens displays a superhuman strength of will throughout.
At 800 pages, Drood is a long read, but one that engages on several levels and keeps the reader guessing until the final pages. Terrific, intelligent entertainment. show less
This blockbuster historical novel, set over the final years in the life of Charles Dickens, is an intricate, psychological thriller, a puzzling examination of madness and literary rivalry, sometimes comic, sometimes horrific. Narrated by Wilkie Collins, remembered today as the author of The Moonstone and The Woman In White, generally regarded as the precursors of the modern mystery novel, who is Dickens’ friend and, in his own mind, equal, Drood opens with an account of a terrifying rail crash in which Dickens was a passenger and show more survivor. Moving amongst the dead and dying, Dickens encounters a terrible, spectral figure in black who introduces himself as ‘Drood.’ Dickens proceeds to search for this disfigured creature through the slums and sewers of London, dragging a reluctant Collins along in his wake.
This is merely the opening of a long and strange odyssey. As Dickens appears to lose interest in Drood, Collins finds himself ensnared in a strange underworld, addicted to opium, labouring under the shadow of one of the greatest of literary geniuses, he becomes obsessive, paranoid and possibly delusional.
Dan Simmons is best known for his science fiction, but he has also been known to dip into crime and horror. Drood bears more of a resemblance to his previous book, The Terror, an extraordinary fictionalised account of a doomed Arctic expedition stalked by a supernatural monster. Drood has a pair of doomed authors stalked by a gothic villain.
Collins’ pungent narration lays bare Dickens, warts and all, a selfish egoist with a mean, angry streak, yet also kind and generous to a fault, and capable of the most amazing acts of courage and sacrifice. Despite acute mental and physical suffering, Dickens embarks on a gruelling series of reading tours that exact an appalling toll, yet Dickens displays a superhuman strength of will throughout.
At 800 pages, Drood is a long read, but one that engages on several levels and keeps the reader guessing until the final pages. Terrific, intelligent entertainment. show less
I have to say: WTF? Is this story a portrait of a drug-addled idjit falling into madness, or a story of the supernatural? I'm still not quite sure.
If the book had been 200 pages shorter, I would have been able to pay more attention but I just couldn't. Everyone was so spectacularly unpleasant I just had to get this out of the way as quickly as I could, once I'd committed all the time I put into plowing through the dense thickets of verbiage. I never expected to come out of this one with a steaming hatred for kind old Uncle Charlie, tenderhearted Victorian bard. Wilkie Collins was enjoyable as narrator, at first, but by the end of the book I would have jumped at the chance to drown him in the quicklime pit my own self so he would finally show more quit praising himself for "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White."
Actually, this version of Wilkie reminded me of the selfish anti-hero of "The Crimson Petal" by Michel Faber. Surrounded by luxury, waited on hand and foot, he whines and complains and feels sorry for himself whilst behaving abominably to all around him, thinking that none may hold him accountable The sort of man who truly deserves to have a hippopotamus sit on his ribs until his foul breathing is stilled. show less
If the book had been 200 pages shorter, I would have been able to pay more attention but I just couldn't. Everyone was so spectacularly unpleasant I just had to get this out of the way as quickly as I could, once I'd committed all the time I put into plowing through the dense thickets of verbiage. I never expected to come out of this one with a steaming hatred for kind old Uncle Charlie, tenderhearted Victorian bard. Wilkie Collins was enjoyable as narrator, at first, but by the end of the book I would have jumped at the chance to drown him in the quicklime pit my own self so he would finally show more quit praising himself for "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White."
Actually, this version of Wilkie reminded me of the selfish anti-hero of "The Crimson Petal" by Michel Faber. Surrounded by luxury, waited on hand and foot, he whines and complains and feels sorry for himself whilst behaving abominably to all around him, thinking that none may hold him accountable The sort of man who truly deserves to have a hippopotamus sit on his ribs until his foul breathing is stilled. show less
This was far and away the creepiest book I've read (listened to) EVER. There were times when I was overjoyed to get out of the car so I could stop listening to this for a while. And yes, I consider that a good thing. The alternative history part of it was especially fun, as this book turns both Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens into less than admirable human beings. Just fantastic. The reader, John Lee, was also the finest audiobook reader I've heard in a long time, too (other than the woman who reads the Flavia de Luce books, of course). So...stinking...freaky! The only complaint is that I think it dragged on a little TOO long. But I'm still giving it 5 stars.
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Se documentant énormément, lisant et relisant les œuvres des deux auteurs anglais, Simmons avoue s'être immergé dans son sujet jusqu'à ressentir le lien douloureux qui unissait les deux écrivains. Drood serait-il le roman le plus personnel de son auteur ? Lorsqu'on lui pose la question, Dan Simmons reste silencieux un long moment puis finit par acquiescer. Avec une lueur de fierté dans show more le regard. show less
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L’essentiel ne tient pas à l’enquête à la Sherlock Holmes sur Drood, avec un passage gratiné où les quinquagénaires Dickens et Collins traînent leurs guêtres dans un semblant d’Achéron nauséabond et où le second s’endort malgré tout. L’enjeu du livre passe par la voix nasillarde et risible de Collins, celle de l’auteur détruite par le laudanum et les visions, celle de show more l’envieux devant le génial. L’histoire fourmille de détails, le ton tient de l’époque. Et Drood force Dickens, comme Salieri Mozart, à lui écrire un roman. Drood, comme une métaphore du démon de l’écrivain. show less
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"Despite the odd mistake that only an American could make (describing Sir Walter Scott as “an English writer”, for instance), Simmons has taken great pains to make his backdrop of everyday Victorian life convincing. This is a rich and strange book, and the pages fly by."
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Science fiction writer Dan Simmons was born in East Peoria, Illinois in 1948. He graduated from Wabash College in 1970 and received an M. A. from Washington University the following year. Simmons was an elementary school teacher and worked in the education field for a decade, including working to develop a gifted education program. His first show more successful short story was won a contest and was published in 1982. His first novel, Song of Kali, won a World Fantasy Award, and Simmons has also won a Theodore Sturgeon Award for short fiction, four Bram Stoker Awards, and eight Locus Awards. He is also the author of the Hyperion series, and Simmons and his work have been compared to Herbert's Dune and Asimov's Foundation series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Drood
- Original title
- Drood
- Original publication date
- 2009-02-09
- People/Characters
- Charles Dickens; Wilkie Collins; Drood; Ellen Ternan
- Important places
- London, England, UK
- Epigraph
- "What brought good Wilkie's genius nigh perdition? Some demon whispered - 'Wilkie! Have a mission.' " - A.C. Swinburne, Fortnightly Review, Nov., 1889
- First words
- My name is Wilkie Collins, and my guess, since I plan to delay publication of this document for at least a century and a quarter beyond the date of my demise, is that you do not recognise my name.
- Quotations
- "Drood levitated."
All those thousands upon thousands of days and nights of writing--writing through unspeakable pain and intolerable loneliness and in utter dread--and you...Reader...have not read or been in the audience for any one of them.
To hell with it. To hell with you. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Forty-five minutes remain before all this comes to pass - before I send the note to Frank Beard and the Others arrive before he does - but already it is painful and terrible and intolerable and unintelligible. Unintelligible.
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- Keller, Julia; King, Stephen; Bayard, Louis; Constant, Paul; del Torro, Guillermo
- Original language
- English US
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- Fiction and Literature, Horror, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, General Fiction
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- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PS3569 .I47292 .D76 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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