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1977 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee)
A woman's car hits a lamp-post and her brother loses his arm in the crash, literally. She then finds a nightmare unleashed in Liverpool, with overtones of witchcraft, possession and cannibalism.
Genre: Horror
Genre: Horror
Praise for this book
"It's superb. Grand Guignol in the grand manner. This is the chilling best!" - Robert Bloch
"The climax of the hunt is one of the most effective sequences in modern horror fiction." - Stephen King
"At once beautiful, shocking and thoroughly terrifying: we see and hear, we smell and feel the acid stench and spider touch of fear. An outstanding achievement." - Fritz Leiber
"The climax of the hunt is one of the most effective sequences in modern horror fiction." - Stephen King
"At once beautiful, shocking and thoroughly terrifying: we see and hear, we smell and feel the acid stench and spider touch of fear. An outstanding achievement." - Fritz Leiber
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