Old devil moon : short stories /

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Author / Creator:Fowler, Christopher.
Imprint:London : Serpent's Tail, 2007.
Description:296 p. ; 20 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7247128
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ISBN:9781852429256 (pbk.)
1852429259 (pbk.)
Notes:"A paperback original"--P. [4] of cover.
Summary:Christopher Fowler's tenth collection of uniquely disturbing short stories contains the blackest humor and the darkest fears. He repeatedly challenges the reader to redraw the boundaries between innocence and malevolence, rationality and paranoia.
A geologist trapped in a town without water is lured into a desperate escape plan. A boy plans a murder in an eerie funfair. A cop witnesses an inexplicable plague of madness. A teenager learns a deadly trick with his cell phone.
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Summary:A geologist trapped in a town without water is lured into a desperate escape plan. A boy plans a murder in an eerie funfair. A cop witnesses an inexplicable plague of madness. A teenager learns a deadly trick with his mobile phone. A woman unlocks a childhood secret with the aid of old comic books. A secret museum opens only at night. Old Devil Moon is Christopher Fowler?s tenth collection of uniquely disturbing short stories, and contains the blackest humour and the darkest fears, set in worlds we walk through each day but rarely see.
Item Description:"A paperback original"--P. [4] of cover.
Physical Description:296 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:9781852429256
1852429259