
Shriek: An Afterword
(2006)A novel by
Jeff VanderMeer
| "Playful, poignant, and utterly, wildly imaginative." Peter Straub |
| "Unsettling, erudite, dark, shot through with unexpected humour. Ambergris is one of my favourite haunts in fiction. " China Miéville |
Narrated with flamboyant intensity by one-time society figure Janice Shriek, and presenting a vivid gallery of strange characters and even stranger events, this is an account of the adventures of her brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a dark secret that may kill or transform him. It involves, too, a war between rival publishing houses which threatens to change Ambergris forever, and rivalry with a marginalised race known as the "grey caps" who, armed with advanced fungal technologies, wait underground for their chance to recover the city that was once theirs. This story of the family, "Shriek" is an exotic and colourful novel of love, life and death which brings to fruition the author's genius for capturing the truly weird.
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Hardback Editions
August 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Shriek: An Afterword Author(s): Jeff VanderMeer ISBN: 0-7653-1465-7 / 978-0-7653-1465-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Tor Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
July 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Shriek: An Afterword Author(s): Jeff VanderMeer ISBN: 0-7653-1466-5 / 978-0-7653-1466-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Tor Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Shriek: An Afterword Author(s): Jeff VanderMeer ISBN: 0-330-44004-7 / 978-0-330-44004-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Pan Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Shriek Author(s): Jeff Vandermeer ISBN: 0-330-77004-7 / 978-0-330-77004-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Pan Macmillan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Shriek: An Afterword Author(s): Jeff VanderMeer ISBN: 1-4050-5360-7 / 978-1-4050-5360-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Macmillan Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2001 : Paperback
| Title: Shriek Author(s): Jeff VanderMeer Publisher: MACMILLAN Availability: Amazon More details... |
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