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There are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them...

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The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his side of the story in a book William Gass called "one of the finest of our contemporary fiction…

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In Coney Island, Brooklyn, lonely widow Sarah Goldfarb wants nothing more than to lose weight and appear on a television game show. In her obsessive quest, she becomes addicted to diet pills, while he…

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The Nobelist's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas.

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Mrs. Caliban

Now back in print, Mrs. Caliban is “totally unforgettable” ( The New York Times Book Review ) and “something of a miracle” ( The New Yorker ) In the quiet suburbs, while Dorothy is doing chores and wa…

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From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires and werewolves - Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, f…

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When Diya Burman’s best friend dies, her life falls apart. She loses everything.

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Death in Venice

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