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"Peter Straub has made the tale of mystery and terror proudly his own and has
brought to the field a gracefulness of language and a deep intelligence that
few writers have even equaled. Nobody interested in contemporary Gothic
fiction at its most developed should miss a book by Straub, nor should they
miss William Sheehan's study of his work. It was past time for a serious
study of Straub, and Sheehan's is full of insight and illumination." --Ramsey Campbell
"An exceptional new survey of Straub's work, Bill Sheehan's At the Foot of the
Story Tree, offers an insightful and--unusual for a literary study--inspiring
inquiry into this masterful writer's work, with an unusually generous amount
of material relating to Straub's writing process. Future Masters and
Mistresses of the Macabre, take note." --Elizabeth Hand, The Washington Post