{"product_id":"9781681371894","title":"Compulsory Games","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe best and most interesting stories by Robert Aickman, a master of the supernatural tale, the uncanny, and the truly weird.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRobert Aickman’s self-described “strange stories” are confoundingly and   uniquely his own. These superbly written tales terrify not with  standard  thrills and gore but through a radical overturning of the laws  of nature  and everyday life. His territory of the strange, of the  “void behind  the face of order,” is a surreal region that grotesquely  mimics the  quotidian: Is that river the Thames, or is it even a river?  What does it  mean when a prospective lover removes one dress, and then  another—and  then another? Does a herd of cows in a peaceful churchyard  contain the  souls of jilted women preparing to trample a cruel lover to  death?  Published for the first time under one cover, the stories in  this  collection offer an unequaled introduction to a profoundly  original  modern master of the uncanny.","brand":"Robert Aickman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46729084010708,"sku":"9781681371894","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a4d87e02-c438-4102-a19c-d620d9889c53.jpg?v=1755274506","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781681371894","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}