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Compulsory Games: Available Copies
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Compulsory Games (New York Review Books Classics) by Aickman, Robert
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Compulsory Games by Aickman, Robert
Paperback
ISBN: 9781681371894
Publisher: New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The (2018)
Seller: Better World Books (Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $17.96
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Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Compulsory Games (Paperback) by Robert Aickman
Paperback
ISBN: 9781681371894
Publisher: New York Review Books, New York (2018)
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail (Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.) New Book
Book Price: $19.99
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Paperback. The best and most interesting stories by Robert Aickman, a master of the supernatural tale, the uncanny, and the truly weird.The best and most interesting stories by Robert Aickman, a master of the supernatural tale, the uncanny, and the truly weird.Robert Aickman's self-described "strange stories" are confoundingly and uniquely his own. These superbly written tales terrify not with standard thrills and gore but through a radical overturning of the laws of nature and everyday life. His territory of the strange, of the "void behind the face of order," is a surreal region that grotesquely mimics the quotidian: Is that river the Thames, or is it even a river? What does it mean when a prospective lover removes one dress, and then another-and then another? Does a herd of cows in a peaceful churchyard contain the souls of jilted women preparing to trample a cruel lover to death? Published for the first time under one cover, the stories in this collection offer an unequaled introduction to a profoundly original modern master of the uncanny. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Seller: The Library of Mark Samuels (Hatfield, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $16.73
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TOTAL Cost: $53.49
Robert Aickman's self-described "strange stories" are con-foundingly and uniquely his own. These superbly written tales terrify not with standard thrills and gore but through a radical overturning of the laws of nature and everyday life. His territory of the strange, of the "void behind the face of order," is a surreal region that grotesquely mimics the quo-tidian: Is that river the Thames, or is it even a river? What does it mean when a prospective lover removes one dress, and then another-and then another? Does a herd of cows in a peaceful churchyard contain the souls of jilted women preparing to trample a cruel lover to death? Published for the first time under one cover, the stories in this collection offer an unequaled introduction to a profoundly original modern master of the uncanny.
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Compulsory Games (Paperback) by Robert Aickman
Paperback
ISBN: 9781681371894
Publisher: New York Review Books, New York (2018)
Seller: CitiRetail (Stevenage, United Kingdom) New Book
Book Price: $22.30
Shipping: $50.10
TOTAL Cost: $72.40
Paperback. The best and most interesting stories by Robert Aickman, a master of the supernatural tale, the uncanny, and the truly weird.The best and most interesting stories by Robert Aickman, a master of the supernatural tale, the uncanny, and the truly weird.Robert Aickman's self-described "strange stories" are confoundingly and uniquely his own. These superbly written tales terrify not with standard thrills and gore but through a radical overturning of the laws of nature and everyday life. His territory of the strange, of the "void behind the face of order," is a surreal region that grotesquely mimics the quotidian: Is that river the Thames, or is it even a river? What does it mean when a prospective lover removes one dress, and then another-and then another? Does a herd of cows in a peaceful churchyard contain the souls of jilted women preparing to trample a cruel lover to death? Published for the first time under one cover, the stories in this collection offer an unequaled introduction to a profoundly original modern master of the uncanny. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Compulsory Games (Paperback) by Robert Aickman
Paperback
ISBN: 9781681371894
Publisher: New York Review Books, New York (2018)
Seller: AussieBookSeller (Truganina, VIC, Australia) New Book
Book Price: $36.72
Shipping: $37.00
TOTAL Cost: $73.72
Paperback. The best and most interesting stories by Robert Aickman, a master of the supernatural tale, the uncanny, and the truly weird.The best and most interesting stories by Robert Aickman, a master of the supernatural tale, the uncanny, and the truly weird.Robert Aickman's self-described "strange stories" are confoundingly and uniquely his own. These superbly written tales terrify not with standard thrills and gore but through a radical overturning of the laws of nature and everyday life. His territory of the strange, of the "void behind the face of order," is a surreal region that grotesquely mimics the quotidian- Is that river the Thames, or is it even a river? What does it mean when a prospective lover removes one dress, and then another-and then another? Does a herd of cows in a peaceful churchyard contain the souls of jilted women preparing to trample a cruel lover to death? Published for the first time under one cover, the stories in this collection offer an unequaled introduction to a profoundly original modern master of the uncanny. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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Compulsory Games by Robert Aickman
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ISBN: 9781681371894
Publisher: New York Review Books (2018)
Seller: moluna (Greven, Germany) New Book
Book Price: $24.01
Shipping: $56.19
TOTAL Cost: $80.20
Robert Aickman (1914&ndash1981) was the son of an architect and grandson of the Victorian Gothic novelist Richard Marsh (author of the occult bestseller The Beetle). He did not attend university and subsisted on a small family income in Londo.
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