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The late 1940s story concerns two English women, Wrens, and two Australian brothers. It is narrated by one of the brothers, Alan Duncan. It is narrated by one of the brothers, Alan Duncan. His brother Bill, a Royal Marine frogman , has been killed in action, and Alan is now returning to his wealthy parents' prosperous sheep station (ranch) in ...
Kirkus Reviews began "A haunting series of stories, in most cases putting it up to the reader to interpret the final outcome – in all cases using the device of the moment in life when emotion or reason reaches the point of tension beyond which something snaps", and finished with "In this collection...Daphne du Maurier's peerless craftmanship, her eerie sense of the macabre, her gift for ...
Paul Harris is a young scholar who is writing his senior thesis on the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and has spent all four of his undergraduate years studying the book and is on the edge of solving the book's mystery. His thesis advisors, Richard Curry and Vincent Taft, were friends and later rivals of Tom's father; Taft and Corelli found, stole ...
Muthoni wa Gichuru grew up in Matanya, a small village in Nanyuki.As a child she recalls her father reading to her from a Gikuyu book titled Kamina na Kamina. [2] She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in information sciences from Moi University.
Along with such classics as “In Cold Blood” and “Breakfast at Tiffany's,” Truman Capote had a history of work left uncompleted and unpublished. Capote was in his mid-20s and a rising star ...
Rare Objects is a 2016 historical fiction novel by American author Kathleen Tessaro. [1] The book was released on April 12, 2016 through Harper and is Tessaro's sixth published novel. Katie Holmes adapted the book into a screenplay and went on to produce, direct, and act in the film , which opened in theaters and online streaming on April 14, 2023.
A Minnesota couple has reportedly been sentenced to four years after they locked their children in cages for "their safety." Benjamin and Christina Cotton from Red Wing, were sentenced by a ...
Mike Finn describes the story's ending as "Kafkaesque". [4] Sassan Niasseri (writing for Rolling Stone) notes that "Finn" is a rare example of a story by King set outside of the United States. [5] "Finn" was first published on Scribd on May 25, 2022 in ebook and audiobook format.