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Title: Katie by Michael McDowell ISBN: 0-380-80184-1 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: September, 1982 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of my favorite McDowell's!
Comment: Katie is the most gruesome of all Michael McDowell's books, yet it is one of my favorites. Philo is a true heroine, Katie is unbelievably evil, and then who hasn't known a person who resembles Jewel? The Slapes will leave you dumbfounded at their callousness, and you will find yourself cheering every time Philo overcomes some other obstacle in her path. This book is a really fast read, totally absorbing. Get ready for some gore, though.
Rating: 5
Summary: A marvel of plot and characters, one of McDowell's best
Comment: Closer to the great gothic tradition and to Charles Dickens, this is a real jewel of plotting (as all of McDowell's novels were, either by pseudonym - Nathan Aldyne and Axel Young- or under his own name)about two nemeses who are bound to face off in late nineteenth-century New York.
Meet Katie Slape and Philo(mela)Drax. Both were born poor and were destined to come unto money, though one was to inherit, the other to steal it. Katie is what you would call a monster. Pretty to look out, but you wouldn't want her to look into you.
On the other hand, Philo is a heroine in the old-fashioned sense of the word, browbeaten, put-upon and constantly humiliated, yet always optimistic and resourceful, not to mention lovable, she is acharacter one roots for from the start.
Gruesome in some details, yes, "Katie" is also an engrossing read, evocative, well-researched and written, composed with a sense of [very dark] humor and a prodigious sense of wonder, this is a novel to be sought, found, and treasured forever.
An unsung classic by an obscure yet marvelous writer.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good story, good gore!
Comment: This is one of McDowell's most brutal books. It's a nice Cinderella-type story with an unrivaled evil stepsister. I like the ending- gory but ultimately a happy one.
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Title: Cold Moon over Babylon by Michael McDowell ISBN: 0380486601 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: October, 1980 List Price(USD): $2.50 |
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Title: Elementals by Michael McDowell ISBN: 0380783606 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: September, 1981 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Amulet by Michael McDowell ISBN: 0380405849 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: November, 1980 List Price(USD): $2.50 |
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Title: Michael McDowell's Blackwater II: The Levee (His Blackwater) by Michael McDowell ISBN: 0380822067 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1983 List Price(USD): $2.50 |
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Title: Michael McDowell's Blackwater VI: The Rain by Michael McDowell ISBN: 0380827921 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1983 List Price(USD): $9.50 |
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