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Something is horribly wrong in the remote English village of Cainsmarsh. An elderly woman stiffens in dread at her own shadow; a terrified farmer murders a scarecrow; food prepared by others is eyed with suspicion; family pets are bludgeoned to death; loving couples are devoured by rage and violence. A spirit-corrupting evil pervades the land, infesting the minds of those who call Cainsmarsh home. Is this vision real, or a paranoid fantasy generated by an even darker, worldwide threat? And is the call to resist the danger itself a danger? These are questions that disturb the calm of an indolent croquet player who happens to hear the tale of the unlucky village. H. G. Wells's ambiguous story of horror is a modern classic, a prophetic, disturbing glimpse of the primitive distrust and violence that gnaw at the heart of the modern world.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

• Full title: Croquet Player
• Author: H G Wells
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112
• EAN: 9780803298422
• ISBN: 9780803298422
• ID: 01028570
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Weight: 113 g
• Dimensions: 203 × 135 × 12 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. October 2004

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