Devils Own Work by Judd Alan (54 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. More chills in its little length than in a whole shelf of bestsellers. - Stephen King At once moral fable, cautionary ghost story and inspired attack on the whole hellbent drift of modern letters, this is a splendid tale, splendidly told, which Ford or Henry James would have been glad to have written. - Robert Nye, Guardian Wry and insightful . . . toys with the notion of demonic possession but becomes a thoroughly realistic and highly original story of revenge; a chilling cautionary tale. - Elaine Kendall, Los Angeles Times A brief return to the world of Faust, Mephistopheles and the Devil pact. Mr. Judd . . . achieves a deep polish. - Robert Grudin, The New York Times Book Review After Edward, a rising young author, pens a savage review of the new novel by the world-famous O.M. Tyrell, he is surprised to receive an invitation to visit the old man at his villa in the south of France. The night of their meeting, Tyrell dies, and soon after, Edward's career mysteriously starts to soar as he earns fame, fortune and critical acclaim. But despite his achievements, Edward seems haunted, even tormented. His friend, the narrator, begins to put together the pieces of the story: an ancient, inscrutable manuscript, a beautiful, ageless woman who attaches herself to any writer who possesses it, and a bargain to achieve success at a terrible price . . . Winner of Britain's prestigious Guardian Fiction Prize, Alan Judd's modern classic The Devil's Own Work (1991) is, as Owen King writes in the new introduction to this edition, a perfect novel about the demonic possession that is literary ambition. This edition also features a new afterword by the author, in which he reveals the inspirations for this haunting tale.…

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. More chills in its little length than in a whole shelf of bestsellers. - Stephen King At once moral fable, cautionary ghost story and inspired attack on the whole hellbent drift of modern letters, this is a splendid tale, splendidly told, which Ford or Henry James would have been glad to have written. - Robert Nye, Guardian Wry and insightful . . . toys with the notion of demonic possession but becomes a thoroughly realistic and highly original story of revenge; a chilling cautionary tale. - Elaine Kendall, Los Angeles Times A brief return to the world of Faust, Mephistopheles and the Devil pact. Mr. Judd . . . achieves a deep polish. - Robert Grudin, The New York Times Book Review After Edward, a rising young author, pens a savage review of the new novel by the world-famous O.M. Tyrell, he is surprised to receive an invitation to visit the old man at his villa in the south of France. The night of their meeting, Tyrell dies, and soon after, Edward's career mysteriously starts to soar as he earns fame, fortune and critical acclaim. But despite his achievements, Edward seems haunted, even tormented. His friend, the narrator, begins to put together the pieces of the story: an ancient, inscrutable manuscript, a beautiful, ageless woman who attaches herself to any writer who possesses it, and a bargain to achieve success at a terrible price . . . Winner of Britain's prestigious Guardian Fiction Prize, Alan Judd's modern classic The Devil's Own Work (1991) is, as Owen King writes in the new introduction to this edition, a perfect novel about the demonic possession that is literary ambition. This edition also features a new afterword by the author, in which he reveals the inspirations for this haunting tale.…

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Devil's Own Work (Valancourt 20th Century Classics). Book.

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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. F. Knopf (New York), 1994. First American edition. Hardbound. New in dust jacket. A perfect unread copy. Novel. 0.0.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First U.S. edition, first printing. Fine in a fine, priced dust jacket. A modern version of the Faust legend with a pack with the devil and the story of literary possession. Elaine Kendall writing for the Los Angeles Times was positive, concluding "Wry and insightful, The Devil's Own Work toys with the notion of demonic possession but becomes a thoroughly realistic and highly original story of revenge; a chilling cautionary tale for literary critics and an unalloyed delight for everyone else". This slim novella (96 pages) won the Guardian Fiction Award.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Guardian Fiction Prize-winning and extraordinarily highly critically acclaimed, The Devil's Own Work is a subtle, compulsive hallucinatory tale of possession. A world-renowned writer living in the South of France owes his extraordinary career to a mysterious literary spirit - or is it a demon?- that controls him. The existence of this supernatural muse, and the price it exacts, remain hidden until the famous writer's death, when the spirit is transferred to a rising but as yet unformed literary hopeful, whose own celebrity begins immediately and inexplicably to grow. The only clues to these two possessions are an ancient, inscrutable manuscript and the continuing presence of an apparently ageless woman who attaches herself in turn to these gifted but soon distracted and eventually desperate men. And as the narrator, a guileless teacher of literature, pieces their stories together, we begin to see what can happen when an artist surrenders to the charm of fame.…

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Condition: Good. : Sumérgete en una inquietante historia de horror con 'The Devil's Own Work' de Alan Judd. Publicada en 1991 por HarperCollins, esta primera edición en tapa dura teje una narrativa escalofriante en 96 páginas. Descubre por qué esta obra ha cautivado a los lectores con su atmósfera oscura y su trama intrigante. Ideal para los amantes del género de terror y suspenso. EAN: 9780002238328 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Otros Título: The Devil's Own Work Autor: Alan Judd Editorial: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Idioma: en Páginas: 96 Formato: tapa dura.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 96pp. Black cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. lightly rubbed spine ends, a little cocked and boards starting to curl. Text block edges tanning, affecting page margins. Gift inscription on title page. Otherwise internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket tanning, has light shelf wear and some chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.…

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