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His hand sought the adjacent flesh and sorrow paralleled desire in the immense complexity of love.

These moving stories by one of the great masters of Southern gothic portray love, sorrow and our search for happiness and understanding.

Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York''s underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

The Haunted Boy Carson McCullers Penguin Modern

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/02/2018
      ISBN13: 9780241339503, 978-0241339503
      ISBN10: 0241339502

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      His hand sought the adjacent flesh and sorrow paralleled desire in the immense complexity of love.

      These moving stories by one of the great masters of Southern gothic portray love, sorrow and our search for happiness and understanding.

      Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York''s underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

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