HeadhunterHarperCollins, 27 sept. 1999 - 528 pages It all starts when Lilah Kemp - librarian, spiritualist, schizophrenic - inadvertantly lets Kurtz out of page 92 of Heart of Darkness and is unable to get him back in. While Kurtz is stalking the streets of Toronto, Lilah frantically begins her search for Marlow to help her deal with the literary villain Meanwhile, the city is becoming increasingly chaotic and terrifying. The rich and powerful are engaged in a web of depravity, a new and horrifying disease called sturnusemia has swept the city, and severly traumatized children are turning up at the local psychiatric institutes. Kurtz seems to be at the centre of it all. Lilah, witness to events tearing the very fabric of her society, seeks solace as always in the great works of literature and prays for Marlow to find an capture Kurtz - before it's too late. |
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... looked up at Slade's painting . " He's dying , you know . " " AIDS ? " " Well , " said Fabiana . " Everything . AIDS . Life . Schizophrenia . Not a great combination . " " It produced great art . ” Fabiana looked at Kurtz and sat up ...
... looked up at Slade's painting . " He's dying , you know . " " AIDS ? " " Well , " said Fabiana . " Everything . AIDS . Life . Schizophrenia . Not a great combination . " " It produced great art . ” Fabiana looked at Kurtz and sat up ...
Page 290
... looked around through the shadows , she realized , for the first time , they were not alone . There were several cages of rats set up on table tops . The rats made scurrying noises -- but otherwise they were strangely silent . " Why don ...
... looked around through the shadows , she realized , for the first time , they were not alone . There were several cages of rats set up on table tops . The rats made scurrying noises -- but otherwise they were strangely silent . " Why don ...
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... looked away and took another step into the room . Austin did not reply . Marlow looked down towards his feet . There was a photograph there - 8 x 10 - with a glossy , glaring finish . " What's this ? " he said — and stooped to pick it ...
... looked away and took another step into the room . Austin did not reply . Marlow looked down towards his feet . There was a photograph there - 8 x 10 - with a glossy , glaring finish . " What's this ? " he said — and stooped to pick it ...
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Amy's Arlene Phillips Arnie asked Austin Purvis Barbara Beaumorris began Bella Ben Webster birds called cats chair Charlie cigarette D-Squads dark dead Doctor Kurtz Doctor Marlow Doctor Purvis door Eleanor Eleanor Farjeon Eloise Emma eyes Fabiana face Fagan father fingers floor Freda Gatz girl glass gone Gordon Perry Grendel Griffin hair hand happened heard Heart of Darkness Heathcliff Jean-Paul Sartre John Dai Julian Slade kill kitchen knew light Lilah Kemp looked Marlow thought Maynard Modecate mother moved never Olivia once Oona Orenstein Orley paintings Parkin Institute patient Peggy Robert Robert Ireland Rosedale Rupert seemed seen Shapiro shoes silence sister sitting Slade smiled someone stared stood sturnusemia Susanna Susanna Moodie tell thing told took turned voice walked wanted Warren Warren Ellis watched window woman wondered words wore Wylie