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	The Lost Film by Stephen Bacon (Goodreads Author), Mark West (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peel Back the Sky by Stephen Bacon (Goodreads Author), Nicholas Royle (Introduction) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ill At Ease 2 by Stephen Bacon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark West (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Neil Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laudanum Nights 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murmured In Dreams by Stephen Bacon (Goodreads Author), Priya Sharma (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story (Literary Biographies)

by Carlos Baker

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Bonfire of the Murdochs

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The First Pan Book of Horror Stories

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Stephen Bacon rated a book it was amazing A Murder of Quality (George Smiley Series Book 2) by John le Carré	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
When Stella Rode writes to the agony aunt of a Christian magazine to advise that she suspects her husband of wanting to kill her, the letter falls into the hands of George Smiley. Stella Rode is the wife of a staff member of Carne School, an exclusiv ...more
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In the Hollywood hills, a corpse is found in the trunk of a white Rolls-Royce and Harry Bosch is brought in to investigate. It at first looks like a simple case of Trunk Music - the trademark style of Mafia execution where the victim is shot and dump ...more
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Abi and Tim are 13 year old twins, living with their parents in their very-ordinary suburban home. It is the early 70s, a high point in Britain's obsession with the supernatural. In an effort to amuse themselves, they decide to fake a ghost photograp ...more
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I originally read The Talisman - Stephen King and Peter Straub's first collaboration - when it was published in the mid-1980s, and thoroughly enjoyed its dark fantasy elements, which at the time felt fresh and original, and quite magical in compariso ...more
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Arthur Johnson lives in a flat on Trinity Road, in a house that contains four other flats. On the surface, Arthur appears a rather shy and retiring man, quietly residing in Trinity Road for over twenty years. But Arthur is not quite how he seems - in ...more
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