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At the Foot of the Story Tree: An Inquiry into the Fiction of Peter Straub

At the Foot of the Story Tree: An Inquiry Into the Fiction of Peter Straub

Penned By Bill Sheehan
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At the Foot of the Story Tree: An Inquiry into the Fiction of Peter Straub

At the Foot of the Story Tree: An Inquiry Into the Fiction of Peter Straub

Penned By Bill Sheehan
4.85 83,363 Ratings
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At the Foot of the Story Tree (a title which should be familiar to readers of Shadowland) is an old-fashioned work of criticism that takes a hard, thorough look at the entire body of Peter Straub's fiction, from his relatively obscure mainstream novel, Marriages to Houses Without Doors and beyond. Book by book, story by story, Sheehan endeavors to untangle the complexities of Straub's fiction, to isolate and illuminate its central concerns, and to articulate his highly personal sense of its unique and enduring value.

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Bill Sheehan is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Bill Sheehan can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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