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 The Doll
Maker
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- and Other Tales of the
Uncanny
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- by Sarban
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- Described by no less an authority than
E.F. Bleiler as “excellent”, “The Doll Maker” is the
story of Clare Lydgate, a young woman studying at
boarding school for her Oxford scholarship examinations.
In the evenings, she escapes the school grounds by
climbing over the wall of Brackenbine Hall. It is here
that she encounters the charismatic and mysterious Niall
Sterne, the “Doll Maker” of the title. This is a subtle,
intelligent and compelling tale of horror. The
Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the
Supernatural describes Sarban’s stories as “nicely
written, with solid characterizations, convincingly
detailed backgrounds . . . and a fine sense of pacing and
atmosphere.” It notes that “The Doll Maker” is Sarban’s
most intriguing work, and that Niall Sterne “offers no
ordinary seduction, and there is a delicate horror in his
beautiful, sterile doll-world, the antithesis of life
itself.”
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- First
published in 1953, ‘The Doll Maker’ appears with ‘The
Trespassers’, and ‘A House of Call’.
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- The
Doll Maker is a sewn hardback book of 272 pages.
Second Tartarus printing.
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- Price
£27.50/$55 inc. p&p.
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- Reviews:
- A
beautifully written tale of rural magic reminiscent of
Machen. Another Tartarus book to be read and
treasured. - Matt Leyshon, Blood from
Stones (Waterstone’s magazine)
- I am
delighted with this lovely new edition of a favourite
book. . . . Get your order in quickly—you won’t regret
it. - Roger Johnson, All
Hallows.
Page updated
23rd March 2008
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