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The Man in the Picture: A Ghost Story (The Susan Hill Collection)

The Man in the Picture: A Ghost Story (The Susan Hill Collection)

by SusanHill (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

    $3.24

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    Hardcover 2007

    $3.24
Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 160
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 09 Oct 2008
ISBN 10: 1846681340
ISBN 13: 9781846681349
Book Overview: The chilling tale of a painting so terrifying, its secrets will haunt those who see it ... A ghost story by the author of The Woman in Black, to be read by the fire on a cold winter's night.

Media Reviews
A tale brimming with excitement, mystery and vitality ... The story unfolds at a thriller's pace * The Times *
Hill is a writer with the courage of her convictions who knows that there are few things more enjoyable than the inexplicable and eerie, conveyed within an accomplished and solidly reassuring framework. * Independent *
Like all the classic ghost stories, Susan Hill's begins in traditional spooky style with the winter wind howling off the fens and bursts of hailstones rattling against the windows ...This is a Hill Hallowe'en special. No mistake. * Daily Mail *
Author Bio
Susan Hill has been a prolific writer since 1963. She was a presenter of BBC Radio 4's Bookshelf. She has won the Somerset Maugham Award (for I'm the King of the Castle); the Whitbread Novel Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Her sequel to Rebecca, Mrs de Winter, was a big bestseller and her short story The Woman in Black was adapted to the stage and has been running in the West End for 18 years.