a novel Setterfield, Diane creator author. text bibliography Ghost stories. Gothic fiction. Historical fiction. nyu New York Emily Bestler Books/Atria 2013 First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition. monographic eng

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328 pages ; 24 cm. Having killed a bird with his slingshot as a boy, William Bellman grows up a wealthy family man unaware of how his act of childhood cruelty will have terrible consequences until a wrenching tragedy compels him to enter into a macabre bargain with a stranger in black. Diane Setterfield. Includes bibliographical references. Cruelty Fiction Funeral rites and ceremonies Fiction Partnership Fiction Nineteenth century Fiction PR6119.E86 B45 2013 823/.92 9781476711959 147671195X 131217 20190501233602.0 861517595