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Drood

A Novel

by Dan Simmons

Hardcover, 777 pages, Little Brown & Co, List Price: $26.99 |

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A tale inspired by the mysterious final years of Charles Dickens finds the fifty-three-year-old literary master irrevocably changed when a train journey with his mistress ends in violence.

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'Drood', 'Twilight' Offer Old Horror, New Thrills

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Two recent contributions to the horror genre, Drood and the Twilight saga, have breathed new life into old thrills and chills. Maureen Corrigan has a review.

'Drood', 'Twilight' Offer Old Horror, New Thrills

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