The Croquet Player by Wells, H. G.

The Croquet Player (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803298422)

Vendor: H. G. Wells
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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The Croquet Player by Wells, H. G.

The Croquet Player

$11.95
The Croquet Player by Wells, H. G.

The Croquet Player

$11.95
Format: Paperback
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Something is horribly wrong in the remote English village of Cainsmarsh. An elderly woman stiffens in dread at her own shadow; a terrified farmer murders a scarecrow; food prepared by others is eyed with suspicion; family pets are bludgeoned to death; loving couples are devoured by rage and violence. A spirit-corrupting evil pervades the land, infesting the minds of those who call Cainsmarsh home. Is this vision real, or a paranoid fantasy generated by an even darker, worldwide threat? And is the call to resist the danger itself a danger? These are questions that disturb the calm of an indolent croquet player who happens to hear the tale of the unlucky village. H. G. Wells's ambiguous story of horror is a modern classic, a prophetic, disturbing glimpse of the primitive distrust and violence that gnaw at the heart of the modern world.

Author: H. G. Wells
ISBN-10: 0803298420
ISBN-13: 9780803298422
Publisher: Bison Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2004
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.08w x 0.25d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/2004 pg. 184
By H. G. Wells
By H. G. Wells
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The prodigious literary visions of H. G. Wells (1866-1946) are cornerstones for today's science fiction and fantasy. His novels include The Sleeper Awakes, In the Days of the Comet, The Last War, and The War in the Air, all available in Bison Books editions. John Huntington is a professor of English at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the author of The Logic of Fantasy: H. G. Wells and Science Fiction and the editor of The H. G. Wells Reader: A Complete Anthology from Science Fiction to Social Satire.

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