'READING ROBERT AICKMAN IS LIKE WATCHING A MAGICIAN WORK, AND VERY
OFTEN I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THE TRICK WAS. ALL I KNOW IS THAT HE DID
IT BEAUTIFULLY.' NEIL GAIMAN
For fans of the BBC's _Inside Number 9 _and _The League of Gentlemen_
AICKMAN'S 'STRANGE STORIES' (HIS PREFERRED TERM) ARE CONSTRUCTED
IMMACULATELY, THE NEUROSES OF HIS CHARACTERS PAINTED IN SUBTLE SHADES.
HE BUILDS DREAD BY THE STEADY ACCRUAL OF REALISTIC DETAIL, UNTIL THE
READER REALISES THAT THE PROTAGONIST IS HEADING TOWARDS THEIR DOOM AS
IF IN A DREAM.
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_THE UNSETTLED DUST_ WAS FIRST PUBLISHED AS A COLLECTION IN 1990.
AICKMAN RECEIVED THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARD FOR 'THE STAINS'.
'We are all potential victims of the powers Aickman so skilfully
conjures and commands.' Robert Bloch
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ISBN
9780571316427
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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