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A cosmology of monsters / Shaun Hamill.
Van Pelt Library PS3608.A654 C67 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamill, Shaun, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Haunted houses (Amusements)--Fiction.
- Haunted houses (Amusements).
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- Family secrets--Fiction.
- Family secrets.
- Monsters--Fiction.
- Monsters.
- Haunted houses.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Horror fiction.
- Monster fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 324 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Monsters both figurative and very literal stalk the Turner family. The youngest child, Noah, narrates the family history: how in the late '60s, his bookish mother Margaret marries Lovecraft-lover Harry, against her better judgement. The couple has two daughters--Sydney, born for the spotlight; and the brilliant but awkward Eunice, a natural writer and storyteller. But finances are tight, Margaret and Eunice are haunted by horrific dreams, and Harry starts acting strangely. He becomes obsessed with the construction of an elaborately crafted haunted house attraction, christened The Wandering Dark. The family tries to shield baby Noah from the house's faux horrors, but unbeknownst to them, he's being visited by a furry beast with glowing orange eyes--the same ghastly being glimpsed by both his mother and sister. However, unlike them, Noah decides to let the creature in..."--Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781524747671
- 152474767X
- OCLC:
- 1060180230
- Publisher Number:
- 99982191006
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