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The Book of the Mad

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Overlook Press, Dec 1, 1997 - Fiction - 216 pages
In her darkly dazzling finish to The Secret Books of Paradys, Tanith Lee tempts the reader with a tale of horror, lust and madness that leaves no perversity untouched, no taboo unbroken. This time, the seductive nightmare unfolds in three parallel versions of the City - Paradis, Paradys and Paradise. Connected by a labyrinth of ice whose dangers are amplified by the will and emotion of its lunatic travelers, these cities and their mad and near-mad denizens provide the stage for a drama of mythical proportions that none of the players can fully comprehend. Among the mad and the doomed are the murderous, remorseless siblings Felion and Smara; the violated woman-child Hilde; and Leocadia, the artist and visionary. Combining horror and hedonism, art and eroticism, Lee offers an aesthete's amoral view of beauty, pleasure and pain in her inimitable high style. This fourth book in the Paradys series is linked brilliantly to the previous three - The Book of the Damned, The Book of the Beast, and The Book of the Dead - not by plot but by its shared venue; the fantastic, Gothic, atmospheric and changeable city of Paradys.

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Review: The Book of the Mad (Secret Books of Paradys #4)

User Review  - Xdyj - Goodreads

It's dark, lyrical, brilliant and subtly subversive, possibly one of the most well-written fantasy I've ever read. Like some other Tanith Lee books it features heavily on many of her usual themes, like art, death and insanity. Read full review

Review: The Book of the Mad (Secret Books of Paradys #4)

User Review  - A - Goodreads

I'm a bit reticent to give this one a full 5, partly because it's been years since I read the first two volumes of the "Secret Books of Paradys" and I'm not sure how well it compares. However ... Read full review

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The Book of the Mad: The Secret Books of Paradys, IV - Questia ...
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About the author (1997)

Tanith Lee, September 19, 1947 - Tanith Lee was born on September 19, 1947 in London, England, the daughter of ballroom dancers. She attended various primary schools and had a variety of jobs, from file clerk and assistant librarian to shop assistant and waitress. Lee attended an art college for one year, but felt she would be better writing her ideas than painting them. Her first professional sale was "Eustace," a 90 page vignette which appeared in The Ninth Pan Book of Horror Stories in 1968. While Lee was working as an assistant librarian, she wrote a children's story that was accepted for publication. Others of her stories were also bought but never published. In 1971, Macmillan published "The Dragon Hoard," another children's book, which was followed by "Animal Castle" and "Princess Hynchatti and Other Stories" in 1972. Lee had been looking for a British publisher for her book "The Birthgrave," but has been denied at every House she went. She then wrote to American publisher DAW, known for it's fantasy and horror selections, who immediately accepted her manuscript and published the book in 1975. Thus began a partnership between the two that lasted till 1989 and resulted in 28 books. After the publication of her third book by DAW, Lee quit her job and became a full time freelance writer. Lee has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, the August Derleth Award and the Nebula. She has had more than 40 novels published, along with over 200 short stories.

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TitleThe Book of the Mad
The Paradys Series , Vol 3
Book 4 of The Secret Books of Paradys
AuthorTanith Lee
Editionillustrated
PublisherOverlook Press, 1997
ISBN0879517999, 9780879517991
Length216 pages
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