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At last Oscar Caskey and his new bride Elinor move into the beautiful house that was the reluctant wedding gift of Oscar's selfish mother Mary-Love. The house becomes the hub of Caskey family life, causing Mary-Love to resent her daughter-in-law all the more. But the house seems haunted since the moment it was built, and Elinor's sickly young daughter Frances senses a sinister power waiting to be set free.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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- intimateepic
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- Author
- Michael McDowell, Michael MCDOWELL
- First published
- 1983
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher
- Penguin, Monsieur Toussaint Louverture, Corgi Books
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780380825943
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Michael McEachern McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter described by author Stephen King as "the finest writer of paperback originals in America today". His most well-known work is the screenplay for the Tim Burton film Beetlejuice. Source: Wikipedia
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