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- Publication: 1st June 2009
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- ISBN: 9-51903406429-5
- Sewn hardcover, limited to 400 copies, 75pps with
decorative end papers and frontispiece.
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- When young Lucian Miller visits the house of a
friend it is everything he had long fantasised about; decay and
grandeur, lofty rooms, dark red shadows and dust. The evening,
however, is a disaster, and Lucian finds himself apparently alone with
the sophisticated but troubled Miranda Honeyman. They shut all of the
doors in an attempt to keep their problems out, but it soon becomes
apparent that someone else may have access to the house. On the
threshold of adulthood, in a heightening atmosphere of sexual
uncertainty and violence, Lucian tries to make sense of what is
happening around him.
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- Bloody
Baudelaire handles its themes deftly, with a rare insight
into human character in extremis. An absolutely
stunning new novella from an upcoming master of the
fantastic!
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- $30 inc. p&p to Europe and USA, $35 to the
rest of the world.
Please Note: This edition has sold out, butBloody Baudelaire will be reprinted in
Ghosts, February
2012.
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Bloody Baudelaire has
been optioned for a film by 3:1 Cinema
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- "Russell ... mixes menace,
mystery and romance in a plot that keeps the reader teasingly
off-balance and guessing how matters will resolve themselves until the
tale’s final twist ending." - Publishers Weekly
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- "Russell is a master of
subtlety, enfolding the reader in a smart net of elegant prose and
ambiguous facts. A mainstream piece or a gothic novella..? It's up to
you to decide." - Mario Guslandi at The Zone
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- "...timeless elegance ... the book
maintains a rich aura of mystery and intrigue ... an excellent study
on human characters, flaws and all." Highlander's Book Reviews
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- "...a first rate weird tale wrapped in
multiple layers of tension that Mr. Russell expertly stokes and
manipulates."
- Speculative Fiction Junkie
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- "...a jittery, intelligent conundrum
that leaves the shadowy questions raised by Cliffe House and its
inhabitants with readers well after the book has been placed back on
the shelf." - The Grim Blogger.
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- "...it is something seriously decadent
and Dorian Gray and Stephen Poliakoff and pre-Raphaelite ... with
Elizabeth-Bowen-esque nihilism of a fractured soul. The Tabula Rasa of
love ... and a rite of torture that unfolds so slowly in such a quick
book, one is driven along by it. This whole force of onward fiction
has a very clever ending. I believed every word." - Des Lewis, Weirdmonger
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- "This book defies categorization, as
most good books do. It is equal parts gothic horror, mystery, romance,
strange tale, and more. Bloody Baudelaire is a memorizing tale that
deserves to be read slowly as one sips on a glass of aged wine,
enjoying each sensation it brings with adoration and awe. I would
recommend this novella to anyone who enjoys strange tales, dark
fiction, or well written stories with great
characterization." - Sarah L. Covert, She Never Slept
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- "Gripping" - Reggie Oliver
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