Spider
1990
First Published
3.78
Average Rating
224
Number of Pages
Spider is gaunt, threadbare, unnerved by everything from his landlady to the smell of gas. He tells us his story in a storm of beautiful language that slowly reveals itself as a fiendishly layered construction of truth and illusion. With echoes of Beckett, Poe, and Paul Bowles, Spider is a tale of horror and madness, storytelling and skepticism, a novel whose dizzying style lays bare the deepest layers of subconscious terror.
Avg Rating
3.78
Number of Ratings
2,575
5 STARS
25%
4 STARS
39%
3 STARS
27%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
2%
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Author
Patrick McGrath
Author · 15 books
Patrick McGrath was born in London and grew up near Broadmoor Hospital where his father was Medical Superintendent. He was educated at Stonyhurst College. He is a British novelist whose work has been categorized as gothic fiction. He is married to actress Maria Aitken and lives in New York City.
