Description: "First published in 1786 as An Arabian Tale, from an unpublished manuscript. Originally published as Vathek Ã1816."--Copyright page.
Brief description:
LESLIE S. KLINGER is the two-time Edgar(R) winning editor of New Annotated Sherlock Holmes and Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s. He has also edited two anthologies of classic mysteries and, with Laurie R. King, five anthologies of stories inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon. Klinger is the series editor of Library of Congress Crime Classics, a partnership of the Library of Congress and Poisoned Pen Press/Sourcebooks. He is a former Chapter President of the SoCal Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and lives in Malibu, California.
Review Quotes: "This ornate, orientalist work of supernatural horror from Beckford (1759-1840) is a fever dream for the senses." -- Publishers Weekly