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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... voice was adamant . Lilah wrapped the shoes in their paper and put them into her bag . She then went through to the ... voice was the voice of English literature itself . He was her god — if such a thing was proper . No other living ...
... voice was adamant . Lilah wrapped the shoes in their paper and put them into her bag . She then went through to the ... voice was the voice of English literature itself . He was her god — if such a thing was proper . No other living ...
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... voice announced floor twenty - five and the doors rolled back , giving Kurtz , his eyes now open , a view of dark mahogany walls and of crystal lamps . A mirror informed him the hallway was empty and he stepped out onto the thick pile ...
... voice announced floor twenty - five and the doors rolled back , giving Kurtz , his eyes now open , a view of dark mahogany walls and of crystal lamps . A mirror informed him the hallway was empty and he stepped out onto the thick pile ...
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... voice said . Marlow froze . The voice said : " that is you , isn't it ? " " Who ? " There was a slight delay . The cabinet door was allowed to swing open an inch or two . Marlow could see this in the mirror . Then the door closed ...
... voice said . Marlow froze . The voice said : " that is you , isn't it ? " " Who ? " There was a slight delay . The cabinet door was allowed to swing open an inch or two . Marlow could see this in the mirror . Then the door closed ...
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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