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Laing Alexander

The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck

Valancourt 20th Century Classics 2016,

28.00 €

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Author
Laing Alexander
Publishers
Valancourt 20th Century Classics 2016
Binding description
S
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Softcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

8vo, br. ed. 318pp. Strange mysteries abound in a small Maine town. Why did the brilliant, but cruel, Dr. Gideon Wyck perform an unnecessary amputation on one of his patients? Why does that patient now insist that black devils are trying to steal his soul? What is behind the series of monster babies being born to apparently normal, healthy women? And when Wyck is found dead under peculiar and inexplicable circumstances, who is responsibleóand why? The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck, Alexander Laingís odd hybrid of horror, crime and science fiction, was an unlikely bestseller and critical success when first published in 1934, and it was later selected by Karl Edward Wagner as one of the top horror novels of all time. This new edition reprints the unabridged text of the first edition along with a reproduction of its dust jacket art and frontispiece by Lynd Ward.