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The Sundial
Shirley Jackson
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Description for The Sundial
Paperback. Mrs Halloran has inherited the great Halloran house on the death of her son, much to the disgust of her daughter-in-law, the delight of her wicked granddaughter and the confusion of the rest of the household. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
In The Sundial Shirley Jackson, author of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, blends family politics and apocalyptic terror to create a disturbing world of sinister relations and the macabre. 'An amazing writer' Neil Gaiman Mrs Halloran has inherited the great Halloran house on the death of her son, much to the disgust of her daughter-in-law, the delight of her wicked granddaughter and the confusion of the rest of the household. But when the original owner - long dead - arrives to announce the world is ending and only the ... Read more
In The Sundial Shirley Jackson, author of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, blends family politics and apocalyptic terror to create a disturbing world of sinister relations and the macabre. 'An amazing writer' Neil Gaiman Mrs Halloran has inherited the great Halloran house on the death of her son, much to the disgust of her daughter-in-law, the delight of her wicked granddaughter and the confusion of the rest of the household. But when the original owner - long dead - arrives to announce the world is ending and only the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141391960
SKU
9780141391960
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About Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson was born in California in 1916. When her short story The Lottery was first published in the New Yorker in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the most iconic American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year ... Read more
Reviews for The Sundial
She is the finest master...of the cryptic, haunted tale
The New York Times Book Review
A pioneer of the supernatural horror genre
Observer
Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written
Donna Tartt
The New York Times Book Review
A pioneer of the supernatural horror genre
Observer
Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written
Donna Tartt