This collection of interwoven stories is a gripping, haunting read, with an edgy tone reminiscent of Edgar Allen Poe at his most dazzling and thought-provoking. Its dark, disquieting images linger long after the book itself is finished. 'Duncker is a mistress of suspense ...a writer of fascinating versatility. Her preoccupations - sex, power, obsession, archaeology, perversion, revenge, food - are always consuming, never prosaic. Seven Tales of Sex and Death is a febrile, fascinating, disquieting read. It asserts itself for what it is: serious stuff, to be read in one gulp and then mulled over for days' MAGGIE O'FARRELL, Independent
| ISBN | 0330490125 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780330490122
(What's this?) | | Pages | 240 | | Publisher | Pan Macmillan | | Weight (grammes) | 163 | | Imprint | Picador | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 197 | | Publication date | 05 Mar 2004 | | Width (mm) | 130 | | Library of Congress | PR6054.U47 | | Spine width (mm) | 14 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General |
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