The Book Collector

The Book Collector
ISBN-10
1784630438
ISBN-13
9781784630430
Category
Asylums
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2015-11-05
Author
Alice Thompson

Description

Alice Thompson's new novel is a Gothic story of book collecting, mutilation and madness. Violet is obsessed with the books of fairy tales her husband acquires, but her growing delusions see her confined in an asylum. As she recovers and is realead a terrifying series of events is unleashed.

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