Something Wicked This
Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
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From the book’s cover:
The carnival rolls in
sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. The shrill siren
song of a calliope beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth
regained. In this season of dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show
has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange
and sinister mystery. And two boys will discover the secret of its smoke,
mazes, and mirrors; two friends who will soon know all too well the heavy cost
of wishes. . .and the stuff of nightmare.
Few American novels written this century have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary classic SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry, step inside. The show is about to begin. The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. The shrill siren song of a calliope beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this season of dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. And two boys will discover the secret of its smoke, mazes, and mirrors; two friends who will soon know all too well the heavy cost of wishes. . .and the stuff of nightmare.
Few American novels
written this century have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's
unparalleled literary classic SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. For those who
still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its
dark poetry, step inside. The show is about to begin.
