Antique Dust: Ghost Stories (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
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This ghost story tells about a one-time bomber pilot who is now an antique dealer and keeps getting involved with ghosts. While this is his first book for adults, he has been writing ghost stories for... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1941147607
ISBN13:9781941147603
Release Date:July 2023
Publisher:Valancourt Books
Length:238 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"
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A masterly homage to the short stories of M.R. James.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
English author Robert Westall is probably best known for his excellent children's books, many of which have supernatural themes. With "Antique Dust," the author sets out deliberately, and largely successfully, to replicate the mood and quality of M.R. James' ghost stories. Several of Westall's stories are linked by a protagonist who is a dealer in antiques, a reasonable facsimile of the scholarly collectors who populate such wonderful James chillers as "The Mezzotint," "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook," and "Casting the Runes." Despite the relatively modern settings of his stories, Westall somehow captures James' rare ability to juxtapose "real life" and rather humdrum pursuits with the excitingly obscure world of paranormal beings. "Antique Dust" is a superb read for those who appreciate the pleasant shiver provided by the traditional English ghost story-an art which, sadly, is dying away amid the current rage for unsettling epics about sadistic serial killers, flesh-melting viruses, and inevitably gory apocalypse.
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