The Taxidermist's Lover
by Polly Hall
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Pub Date Dec 08 2020 | Archive Date Nov 04 2020
CamCat Publishing | CamCat Books
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Description
A modern Gothic tale of a woman obsessed with her lover’s taxidermy creatures and haunted by her past.
Things were never quite the same after you started mixing up the species.
When Scarlett meets taxidermist Henry, a passionate love affair commences. One year later, on Christmas Day, Scarlett recalls the ebb and flow of their intense relationship and tries to unravel her obsession with Henry’s taxidermy creatures and the influence of his rival, Felix. Both enchanted and entrapped by the isolated rural environment on the Somerset moorland she calls home, Scarlett reaches out to her only remaining family, twin brother Rhett, to make sense of the secrets they share. Soon Scarlett realizes that past promises have far reaching consequences.
Drenched in the torrential rains of rural South West England and the sensual pleasures of the characters, The Taxidermist’s Lover, lures you ever deeper into Scarlett’s delightfully eerie world.
Title: The Taxidermist's Lover
ISBN-13: 9780744300376
Author: Polly Hall
Publisher/Imprint: CamCat Publishing/CamCat Books
Pub Date: 12/08/20
Genre: Horror/Literary/Suspense
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 256 pages
Price: $24.99
A Note From the Publisher
Polly Hall has been published in various anthologies and won competitions for her poetry and flash fiction. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University. A longstanding member of Somerset Writers’ group, she also teaches creative writing workshops. The Taxidermist’s Lover is her first novel.
She lives next to a cider factory with her cat, Vishnu. You can find out more about her writing projects at www.pollyhall.co.uk or @PollyHallWriter.
She lives next to a cider factory with her cat, Vishnu. You can find out more about her writing projects at www.pollyhall.co.uk or @PollyHallWriter.
Advance Praise
"Rich, decadent prose . . . allusions to The Bride of Frankenstein nicely ground the ending in the gothic tradition." —Publishers Weekly
"In the book’s most thrilling passages, Scarlett rides the cusp of realizing the deep inequities in her relationship, the way Henry controls her, and the destructive power of her imagination, making The Taxidermist’s Lover a luxurious, macabre romance." —Foreword Reviews
“[Scarlett's] highly personal confessional tone, exposed internal conflicts, grotesque dreams, and desires . . . draw the reader in.” —Kirkus Reviews
“The menace increases slowly but relentlessly, permeating every corner, and the twists, plentiful but also well earned, pile up, resolving in a near-perfect horror ending . . . [A] lyrical debut, told with the confidence of a veteran.” —Booklist, Starred Review
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| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780744300376 |
| PRICE | $24.99 (USD) |
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