{"product_id":"9780571311774-dark-entries","title":"Dark Entries","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert Aickman (1914-1981) was the grandson of Richard Marsh, a leading Victorian novelist of the occult. Though his chief occupation in life was first as a conservationist of England's canals he eventually turned his talents to writing what he called 'strange stories.' This book tells his story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of the BBC's \u003ci\u003eInside Number 9 \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe League of Gentlemen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAickman's 'strange stories' (his preferred term) are constructed immaculately, the neuroses of his characters painted in subtle shades. He builds dread by the steady accrual of realistic detail, until the reader realises that the protagonist is heading towards their doom as if in a dream. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark Entries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewas first published in 1964 and contains six curious and macabre stories of love, death and the supernatural, including the classic story 'Ringing the Changes'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRobert Aickman (1914-1981) was the grandson of Richard Marsh, a leading Victorian novelist of the occult. Though his chief occupation in life was first as a conservationist of England's canals he eventually turned his talents to writing what he called 'strange stories.' \u003ci\u003eDark Entries\u003c\/i\u003e (1964) was his first full collection, the debut in a body of work that would inspire Peter Straub to hail Aickman as 'this century's most profound writer of what we call horror stories.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30323371540577,"sku":"9780571311774","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40023447.jpg?v=1771484335","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571311774-dark-entries","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}