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Mark Z. Danielewski's The fifty year sword.

by Danielewski, Mark Z.

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Pantheon Books, c2012.

Children -- Fiction.

Orphans -- Fiction.

Revenge -- Fiction.

Texas, East -- Fiction.

Alternate title:

Fifty year sword

1st American ed.

285 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Statement of responsibility indicates 5 colored quotation marks, signifying different speakers in the text.

"Originally published as a large-size limited editon and subsequently performed only on Halloween night as a live shadow show"--Back dust jacket flap.

"The nationally best-selling author of House of Leaves and Only Revolutions has crafted a powerfully chilling novella--a ghost story for grownup readers. Late one evening at a party at an East Texas ranch house, five orphans gather to hear a story about a quest for a terrible weapon. Before them lies a long black box with five latches. As the owner of the box settles into a curious tale of revenge, the children grow more and more captivated, even as we grow more and more afraid that a new crime may await them all, especially as clocks in Upshur County approach midnight."--Publisher.

Suspense fiction.

Experimental fiction.

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