The Grotesque
- ISBN-10
- 0307822974
- ISBN-13
- 9780307822970
- Series
- The Grotesque
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-07-11
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Patrick McGrath
Description
This exuberantly spooky novel, in which horror, repressed eroticism, and sulfurous social comedy intertwine like the vines in an overgrown English garden, is now a major motion picture, starring Alan Bates, Sting, and Theresa Russell.
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