false 76718 21 This classic, mesmerizing tale from the author of <i>The Last Unicorn</i> is a journey between the realms of the living and the dead, and the eternal power of love. Michael Morgan was not ready to die, but his funeral was carried out just the same. Trapped in the dark limbo between life and death as a ghost, he searches for an escape. Instead, he discovers the beautiful Laura...and a love stronger than the boundaries of the grave and the spirit world. Praise for Peter S. Beagle: "Wit, charm, and a sense of individuality." --<i>New York Times Book Review</i> "It's a fully rounded region, this other world of Peter Beagle's imagination...an originality...that is wholly his own." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> "Both sepulchral and oddly appealing...[Beagle's] ectoplasmic fable has a distinct, mossy charm." --<i>Time</i> "Delightful." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> 3948 1960 A Fine and Private Place total:552|5:176|4:209|3:127|2:33|1:7| 552 2170 878 80 5 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 01 08:13:58 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 08:17:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Mar 12 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Jan 14 11:37:27 -0800 2008 Thu Aug 28 18:45:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 07 16:54:52 -0700 2007 Mon May 07 17:02:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Aug 08 21:23:40 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 03 14:15:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 18:36:12 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 14:26:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 09 00:00:34 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 00:06:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1975 Thu Jun 26 03:04:44 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 03:08:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 22:36:26 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 11:04:55 -0700 2009 The Last Unicorn, but I had never read any other Beagle till this year. I read The Innkeeper's Song recently, and enjoyed it, though I thought it felt a lot like The Last Unicorn without being as timeless or moving.

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