Shriek: An Afterword av Jeff VanderMeer

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<p><b>From the author of <i>Borne</i> and <i>Annihilation</i> comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic <i>Shriek: An Afterword</i>.</b><br><br>An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris¿previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer¿s acclaimed <i>City of Saints and Madmen</i>¿<i>Shriek: An Afterword</i> relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies.<br><br>Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by the ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice¿s brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technolog