In "The Book of the Mad", a seductive nightmare unfolds in three parallel versions of the city--Paradis, Paradys and Paradise. Connected by a labyrinth of ice whose dangers are amplified by the will and emotion of its lunatic travelers, whose cities provide the stage for a drama of mythical proportions, setting up a dazzling finish to "The Secret Books of Paradys".
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In "The Book of the Mad", a seductive nightmare unfolds in three parallel versions of the city--Paradis, Paradys and Paradise. Connected by a labyrinth of ice whose dangers are amplified by the will and emotion of its lunatic travelers, whose cities provide the stage for a drama of mythical proportions, setting up a dazzling finish to "The Secret Books of Paradys".
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 373. 373 pp. Three pages have been dog-eared. The jacket is lightly creased at the base of the rear panel.
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No illustrations; DJ art by Wayne Barlowe. As New in New jacket. Book CONDITION: What makes this book "AS NEW"? -Black remainder mark bottom edges at spine and a tiny (really) bumped corner front bottom board. Interior clean and tight. UNREAD 1993 Overlook Press hardcover (orange boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, no printing given so assumed first. DJ art by Wayne Barlowe. CONTENT: The culmination of Lee's horror-fantasy tetralogy (The Book of the Dead, 1992, etc.). The previous entries are composed of related stories, but this one, though elliptically structured, forms a novel in its own right. In the perpetually mist-shrouded, magical city of Paradise live the twins Felion and Smara, murderers who consider themselves the city's sole sane inhabitants. They hold the keys to a magic labyrinth of ice whose mercurial doorways give entry to an alternate city--scrubbed, bright, high-tech, laid-back Paradis. Here, hard-drinking visionary painter Leocardia's grand house and fortune were willed to her by the same mysterious uncle who bequeathed the labyrinth to Felion and Smara. A third city, Paradys, lies in Paradis's stark Victorian past; here, beautiful, impressionable adolescent Hilde falls for a narcissistic actor, is raped by him, suffers a breakdown, and is consigned to an asylum where the depraved attendants routinely torment the inmates. Slowly, logically, inevitably, the lives and fates of Felion and Smara, Leocardia, and Hilde converge, with astonishing consequences. Beautifully woven, with fascinating characters in a compelling narrative, brilliantly set forth in Lee's spare, firm, spiky prose. Sheer enchantment.
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Fine in Good/Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾-9¾Tall; Type: Book This is an interesting science fiction book where twins named Felion and Sarma live in pardise. As brother and sister, they prowl the ice laybrinth in search of wealth and how it was gotten. Black covers with gilt lettering on spine. 373 pages. Clean and tight pages with no markings in the book.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. (science fiction, sci-fi, fantasy) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Like New. Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. Uncorrected proof. Reviewer's news releases and reviewer copy card laid in. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (historical fiction)
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Very good. Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
