Malignant forces and supernatural visitors haunt this selection of superbly spooky tales selected and introduced by Ruth Rendell.
M. R. James wrote his ghost stories to entertain friends on Christmas Eve,and they went on to both transform and modernise a genre. James harnesses the power of suggestion to move from a recognisable world to one that is indefinably strange,and then unforgettably terrifying.
Sheets,pictures,carvings,a dolls house,a lonely beach,a branch tapping on a window - ordinary things take on more than a tinge of dread in the hands of the original master of suspense.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099560562Number of pages: 288Weight: 202 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
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'In M.R. James'stories,the ordinary tips over into an alternative existence that is just as believable"'- The Guardian
'An original and powerful storyteller.... A gnawing sense of unease,a steady accumulation of sounds,shadows and images finally meet in a single moment of sensational physical horror'- The DailyTelegraph
'M R James,who ushered the ghost story into our century,is still quite simply the craftiest'- The Independent
M. R. James
Visit the M. R. James author pageRuth Rendell
One of the world's most highly acclaimed and influential crime writers,Ruth Rendell became known for her expertly plotted series detective fiction,psychological thrillers and short stories,written under her own name and under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.
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