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New York

Faithless III

Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

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Michigan

A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine

Thomas Mutter was an audacious medical innovator who pioneered the use of ether as anaesthesia, the sterilisation of surgical tools and a compassion- based vision for helping the severely deformed, which clashed with the sentiments of the mid- nineteenth century. Brilliant, outspoken and handsome, Mutter was flamboyant in every aspect of his life. He wore pink silk suits to perform surgery, added an umlaut to his surname just because he could and amassed an immense collection of medical oddities that would later form Philadelphia's Mutter Museum.

Dr. Mutter's Marvels

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Massachusetts

The Humorist

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Natsuo Kirino

Pennsylvania

A Thriller

In the wake of the murders of two Tokyo prostitutes, Yuriko and Kazue, Yuriko's sister describes the three women's education at a prestigious girls' school, where strict societal conventions determine the courses of their lives.

Grotesque

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Iowa

a novel

Patrick McGrath has created his most psychologically penetrating vision to date: a nightmare world rocked to its foundations by a passion of such force and intensity that it shatters the lives--and minds--of all who are touched by it. Stella Raphael, a woman of great beauty and formidable intelligence, is married to Max, a staid and unimaginative forensic psychiatrist. Max has taken a job in a huge top-security mental hospital in rural England, and Stella, far from London society, finds herself restless and bored. Into her lonely existence comes Edgar Stark, a brilliant sculptor confined to the hospital after killing his wife in a psychotic rage. He comes to Stella's garden to rebuild an old Victorian conservatory there, and Stella cannot ignore her overwhelming physical attraction to this desperate man. Their explosive affair pits them against Stella's husband, her child, and the entire institution. When the crisis comes to a head, Stella makes a decision--one that will destroy several lives and precipitate an appalling tragedy that could only be fueled by illicit sexual love. Asylum is a terrifying exploration of the extremes to which erotic obsession can drive us. Patrick McGrath brings his own dazzling blend of cool artistry and visceral engagement to this mesmerizing story of a fatal love and its unspeakably tragic aftermath. And in Stella Raphael, a woman who tears down the walls of her constricted existence to pursue a dangerous passion, he has created a character who will long be remembered for her willingness to take the ultimate risk, even if she must pay the ultimate price.

Asylum

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Donald Barthelme

An adult retelling of the classic fairy tale provides an absurd reflection of modern life

Snow White

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Nancy K. Hill

Dickens' Picturesque and Grotesque Imagery

A Reformer's Art

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An American short story writer and novelist acclaimed for his playful, postmodern style of short fiction, Barthelme’s first novel, Snow White, is a countercultural, experimental reconstruction of the Disney version of the traditional fairytale.

Condition: Gently used from my undergraduate college course, few notes and underlining (see pictures) but overall good condition 

New Jersey

Edge wear - foxing - cover wear - cover edge chips - top edge discoloration
Dark Fantasy Novel
Pyramid first edition 1974
Characters seeking hell-born stone
Themes of power, revenge, love, self redemption,  netherworld, grotesque spells fantasy love story



The Witchstone

Excellent condition, classic bound special edition 1979 from The Franklin Library 

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