The Sinister Cabaret (Paperback, Midlothian)

An Edinburgh advocate undergoes an interior experience of humiliation and terror, totally losing his way in a surreal Scottish Highland adventure. Donald Humbie, leaving behind his career and his wife in Edinburgh, heads north to familiar places for a short break. Unfortunately, the familiar places have become unfamiliar and increasingly hostile. Each setting, each character, each event is an unsettling side-step away from normality in a dark, surreal landscape that has Donald fleeing manically around the country. Fearing that his wife has been abducted, he seeks out MacNucator, a private detective, to find her. Meanwhile the Sinister Cabaret, led by the strange and unfathomable Mr Motion, pursues him relentlessly. John Herdman's characters inhabit a dark universe illuminated by his profoundly laconic wit. In the Sinister Cabaret he continues the exploration of extreme states of mind and ambiguous interior worlds with the Gothic imagination, which has led critics to compare him with James Hogg and R L Stevenson.

General

Imprint:	Gothic World Literature Editions
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2022
Authors:	John Herdman
Dimensions:	195 x 130 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
Edition:	Midlothian
ISBN-13:	978-1-914090-61-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-914090-61-6
Barcode:	9781914090615

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