The Man in the Picture [electronic resource] : A Ghost Story
Hill, Susan2010
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A mysterious depiction of masked revellers at the Venice carnival hangs in the college rooms of Oliver's old professor in Cambridge. On this cold winter's night, its eerie secret is revealed by the ageing don. The dark art of the Venetian scene, instead of imitating life, has the power to entrap it. To stare into the painting is to play dangerously with the unseen demons it hides, and become the victim of its macabre beauty...
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Author:
Hill, Susan, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Profile, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Susan Hill's Ghost Stories
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Susan Hill is the winner of numerous literary prizes including the Somerset Maugham award. She was awarded CBE for her services to literature earlier this year. Author of the Simon Serrailler crime series and numerous other novels, her literary memoir, Howards End Is On The Landing and the ghost stories The Man In The Picture, The Small Hand, Dolly and Printers Devil Court are all published by Profile. The Woman in Black, which was has been running in the West End for over twenty years, and was a huge film in 2012 is published by Profile in hardback.
ISBN:
9781847651532
Language:
English
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BRN:
2757188
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