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Hecht, Daniel : Skull Session

Viking, New York, 1998

ISBN 0670876615

418pp. A psychological thriller, 8vo, Fine in Fine DJ

1st Edition

HECHT**, DANIEL: : SKULL SESSION

LONDON.MACMILLAN,1998.

ISBN 0333714326.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Sepia, wrap-around photographic dw/dj with white, part embossed letters to upper wrap and spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf- wear or creasing to edges,minimally bumped /creased to head+foot of spine/backstrip - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents pristine.Dw/dj design repeated to boards,letters not embossed though,with immaculate plain grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-418pp includes prologue. The great house stands alone,deep in the wooded reaches of the Hudson valley. Outside,all is peace - but inside lies destruction: a scene of almost superhuman violence,mirrored by a series of disappearances and deaths that have haunted the region. Paul Skoglund hasn't seen his eccentric, wealthy aunt in years.But her magnificent nineteenth-century hunting lodge has been ravaged,and she refuses to have anyone outside the family take on the job anyway. He's in no position to turn down work. Despite his brilliance,Paul hasn't held a steady job for years,partly because of his Tourette's syndrome,a strange neurological disorder that forces his body into wild swings and to blurt out words that are hilariously,sometimes tragically, inappropriate.His icy ex-wife plans to use his condition to wrest away custody of their troubled young son.And in his otherwise uncertain world,Paul is sure of one thing:nothing and no one is going to come between himself and Mark. As Paul,and his lovely,risk-addicted girlfriend,Lia,delve into the wreckage, they can't help but wonder what dark passion - and what strength - could cause such chaos.Morgan Ford,a rogue police investigator,becomes an ally as he too searches for connections between the sinister house and the chain of deaths that seem to surround it.The trio's determination to uncover the mystery takes them from the most ancient,primal human impulses to the cutting edge of biomedical research - and across the ambiguous borderline between thought and reality.As the quickening events lead him deeper into his family's past and the mysterious processes of the human brain,Paul must face the darker aspects of his own nature,and brave the possibility that in saving those he loves,he might well destroy himself. With the terror of Thomas Harris's 'Red Dragon' and the penetrating insight of Oliver Sacks,this brilliantly inventive and highly intelligent debut novel crescendos to a shocking conclusion in which the solution to the mystery hinges on the dark aspects of human nature - and the realization that the reverse of creativity is always destruction,and sometimes the two are inseparable. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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