Island People |
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| Author:
| Dowell, Coleman |
| Series title: | American Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56478-093-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1996 |
| Publisher: | Deep Vellum Publishing
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| Imprint: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.95 |
Book Description:
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A gay man flees the city for an island retreat,his sole companion his pet daschund and his sole,occupation keeping a journal and writing stories.,He invents a female alter ego named Beatrix, who,haunts him as does the ghost of a murderer who,occupied the house in the previous century, though,ultimately these hauntings are manifestations of,his own psychic disintegration. A mass murder near,the end of the novel brings the isolated narrator,into contact with his fellow islanders at last,...
More DescriptionA gay man flees the city for an island retreat,his sole companion his pet daschund and his sole,occupation keeping a journal and writing stories.,He invents a female alter ego named Beatrix, who,haunts him as does the ghost of a murderer who,occupied the house in the previous century, though,ultimately these hauntings are manifestations of,his own psychic disintegration. A mass murder near,the end of the novel brings the isolated narrator,into contact with his fellow islanders at last, in,a grisly ironic way.