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The Croquet Player - Bison Frontiers of Imagination H. G. Wells Reprint edition
The Croquet Player - Bison Frontiers of Imagination
H. G. Wells
Something is horribly wrong in the remote English village of Cainsmarsh. An elderly woman stiffens in dread at her own shadow; a terrified farmer murders a scarecrow; food prepared by others is eyed with suspicion; family pets are bludgeoned to death; loving couples are devoured by rage and violence. A spirit-corrupting evil pervades the land, infesting the minds of those who call Cainsmarsh home. Is this vision real, or a paranoid fantasy generated by an even darker, worldwide threat? And is the call to resist the danger itself a danger? These are questions that disturb the calm of an indolent croquet player who happens to hear the tale of the unlucky village. H. G. Wells?s ambiguous story of horror is a modern classic, a prophetic, disturbing glimpse of the primitive distrust and violence that gnaw at the heart of the modern world.
112 pages, 4 illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 1, 2004 |
| ISBN13 | 9780803298422 |
| Publishers | University of Nebraska Press |
| Pages | 112 |
| Dimensions | 135 × 203 × 10 mm · 117 g |
| Language | English |
| Contributor | John Huntington |
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