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Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes
Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes Author:Patricia Highsmith A brilliant collection of stories, based on natural and unnatural catastrophes and exploring the macabre and its meaning. The stories range from midnight revelling in an East Austrian cemetery to a picnic for "crackpots" on the White House lawn. They also include the source of the tell-tale smells of Nabuti, the unsporting hiding place chosen by... more » the Nuclear Control Committee for radio-active waste, and the crumbling defence tactics of a luxury high-rise against a crawling army that fumigation cannot kill. Other tales tell of how magic and horror stories followed in the wake of a furious whale, how miracle and revolution were launched when a Pope stubbed his toe, and how happiness came to a woman who thought she was Cleopatra.« less
ISBN-13: 9780747554356 ISBN-10: 0747554358 Publication Date: 2/7/2005 Pages:192 Edition:UK open market ed Rating: