The Late Breakfasters and Other Strange Stories (Valancourt

The Late Breakfasters and Other Strange Stories (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

An omnibus collection featuring some of the finest works of a master of weird fictionÂ

One of the preeminent writers of weird fiction, Robert Aickman is celebrated for his unsettling and often ambiguous "strange stories," but he once wrote thatÂ "those, if any, who wish to know more about me, should plunge beneath the frivolous surface ofÂ The Late Breakfasters,"Â his only novel, originally published in 1964.Â

InÂ The Late Breakfasters, young Griselda de Reptonville is invited by Mrs. Hatch to a house party at her country estate, Beams (which, incidentally, is haunted). There, amidst an array of eccentric characters and bizarre happenings, she will meet the love of her life, Louise. But when their short-lived relationship is cruelly cut short, Griselda must embark on a quest to recapture the happiness she has lost.Â

Never before published in the United States and long unobtainable, Aickman's odd and whimsical novel is joined in this omnibus volume by six of his finest weird tales (three of them making their first-ever American appearance):Â "My Poor Friend",Â "The Visiting Star",Â "Larger Than Oneself",Â "A Roman Question",Â "Mark Ingestre: The Customer's Tale", andÂ "Rosamund's Bower", as well as a new introduction by Philip Challinor.Â
"A master of the creepy, the uncanny and the strange."Â -Â Wall Street JournalÂ

"Reading Robert Aickman is like watching a magician work."Â -Â Neil GaimanÂ

"Robert Aickman at his best was this century's most profound writer of what we call horror stories."Â -Â Peter Straub
Country USA
Brand Valancourt Books
Manufacturer Valancourt Books
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781943910458
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Valancourt Books
Manufacturer	Valancourt Books
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781943910458
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Late Breakfasters and Other Strange Stories (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

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