Tom Lee
The Alarming Palsy of James Orr
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A Kafkaesque and darkly humorous suburban gothic that tracks the unraveling of man's body, mind, and life. James Orr-husband, father, reliable employee and all-around model citizen-awakes one morning to find half his face paralyzed. Waiting for the affliction to pass, he stops going to work and wanders his idyllic estate, with its woodland, uniform streets and perfectly manicured lawns. But there are cracks in the veneer. And as his orderly existence begins to unravel, it appears that James may not be the man he thought he was. A deeply unsettling story of creeping horror that consistently confounds expectations, The Alarming Palsy of Ja…
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A Kafkaesque and darkly humorous suburban gothic that tracks the unraveling of man's body, mind, and life. James Orr-husband, father, reliable employee and all-around model citizen-awakes one morning to find half his face paralyzed. Waiting for the affliction to pass, he stops going to work and wanders his idyllic estate, with its woodland, uniform streets and perfectly manicured lawns. But there are cracks in the veneer. And as his orderly existence begins to unravel, it appears that James may not be the man he thought he was. A deeply unsettling story of creeping horror that consistently confounds expectations, The Alarming Palsy of James Orr introduces a writer of extraordinary and disturbing talents.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-64129-096-8
- EAN: 9781641290968
- Produktnummer: 30156415
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Über den Autor
Tom Lee's fiction and personal essays have appeared in The Sunday Times, Esquire, Prospect, The Dublin Review, and Zoetrope, among others. He is also the author of Greenfly, a collection of short fiction. His work has been shortlisted for The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award and longlisted for the Notting Hill Essay Prize. He teaches at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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