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From the author of Borne and Annihilation comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic Shriek: An Afterword.

An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergrispreviously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer's acclaimed City of Saints and MadmenShriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies.

Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by the ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice's brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologie

Shriek An Afterword

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      Publisher Picador USA
      Published 11 January 2022
      ISBN-13 9780374538637
      978-0374538637
      ISBN-10 0374538638
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      Horror & Ghost Stories

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      From the author of Borne and Annihilation comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic Shriek: An Afterword.

      An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergrispreviously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer's acclaimed City of Saints and MadmenShriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies.

      Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by the ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice's brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologie

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