Book Title: Drood
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 2009
Type: Novel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Dan Simmons
Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: Crime & Thriller,Horror
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Drood by Dan Simmons 2009 Hardcover First Edition First Impression
Condition;
General wear and tear
Rear dust jacket cover has wear towards the inner portion.
On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens--at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world--hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever. Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something more terrifying?Just as he did in "The Terror," Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens's life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens's friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), DROOD explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to Dickens's final, unfinished The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Chilling, haunting, and utterly original, DROOD is Dan Simmons at his powerful best. Bonus ebook Charles Dickens classic "The Signal-Man"- the haunting tale of a train worker tormented by ghostly predictions that is referenced in the novel.
