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The October Country

Pages
288
Published
1962
Language
English

Synopsis

Step into a world where death is a spectacle in a Mexican village, lovers find solace in a city beneath the city, and a carnival offers nightly fulfillment of a tiny man's deepest desires. Ray Bradbury's collection explores the shadows with astonishing beauty, weaving tales that enchant, enthrall, and chill like a midnight wind. Prepare to be lifted high above the ordinary on strange wings.

About the author

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Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury is one of those rare individuals whose writing has changed the way people think. His more than five hundred published works -- short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, television scripts, and verse -- exemplify the American imagination at its most creative. Once read, his words are never forgotten. His best-known and most beloved books, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes, are masterworks that readers carry wi...

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