Photographing Fairies: A Novel - Hardcover

Szilagyi, Steve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345377516 ISBN 13: 9780345377517

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1992

Synopsis

A fledgling photographer attempts to collect a reward from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by proving that some photographs of fairies are frauds, but the investigation takes an eerie turn into the supernatural world lurking behind a small English village. 40,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Szilagyi is a painter and illustrator and has published his drawings in New York magazine and other publications. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio. PHOTOGRAPHING FAIRIES is his first novel.

From the Inside Flap:

s in the 1920s, when a blustering country policeman, Constable Michael Walsmear, literally punches his way into American photographer Charles Castle's London studio. Walsmear has what he claims are photographs of fairies. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whom Castle approaches to verify the pictures, offers a large sum of money to have Walsmear's photographs destroyed. But even more than cash, Castle wants the truth. His quest takes him to Burkinwell, a seemingly peaceful country village seething with secrets. Armed with a camera, he encounters gypsies and wild dogs, the innocent girls of the photos and the murderous thieves who threaten them, a beautiful garden and unspeakable sexual practices. He also discovers the most shocking truth of all: that absolute purity and utter depravity are folded together in the human heart.
"A remarkable novel . . . full of charm and enchantment." -- Los Angeles Times
"Mesmerizing and offbeat, PHOTOGRAPHING FAIRIES is an irresistible treat . . . . Th

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0345377516
• ISBN 13: 9780345377517
• Binding: Hardcover