Eccentric dreams, ironic fates, and a uniquely gothic form of sexuality make this novel a dark look at the inhabitants of Crook Manor. "Combined with his imagination and dark humor, this fiction is as powerful as it is strange".--New York Times.
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Eccentric dreams, ironic fates, and a uniquely gothic form of sexuality make this novel a dark look at the inhabitants of Crook Manor. "Combined with his imagination and dark humor, this fiction is as powerful as it is strange".--New York Times.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 067166509X. The author's second book and first novel. First printing. INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication. Very good in a very good (age toning) dust jacket.
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Very Good jacket. First Edition. First Printing. Very Good in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Gently used with NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
From the synopsis of this book, I was really looking forward to this. "Sulfurously funny", said one of the reviewers. What a disappointment! The narration is over dramatic and the pace is uneven at best. And I found very little that I could describe as funny. Half the details and events make no sense at all. I get that the main character, a very unlikable man, who is narrating the story is mostly an unreliable witness if not an outright liar.
I finished the book, so I'll give it 2 stars, but this was mostly a waste of time.