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Personal Demons

Personal Demons

  • Short Stories

A hotel offers a taboo service for its troubled clients.
A young man must wind a thousand clocks before sunset.
A vampire library attacks its readers.
A shy young man loses a dog and discovers the cutlery of the Marquis de Sade.
A lottery winner soon wishes he hadn't won.
Deranged office workers take over a building

Reviews

  • Fowler consistently scores points with his suave, mocking and ultimately inclusive voice. His latest collection of short stories shows he has lost none of his venom.

    i-D

  • Good, gory fun.

    Irish Times

  • Ian McEwan used to mine a similar seam. Fowler does it better.

    Arena

  • Incarceration, incantations, revenge, romance and the end of the world - twice. PERSONAL DEMONS are Christopher Fowler's tales of the fantastic and the wilder side of modern urban living. They reflect the rich and various talents of a writer called 'ghoulishly irresistible'.

    The Times

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About the Author

Christopher Fowler

Christopher Fowler is the author of more than forty novels (sixteen of which feature the detectives Bryant and May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit) and many short story collections. A multiple award-winner, including the coveted CWA ‘Dagger in the Library’, Chris has also written screenplays, video games, graphic novels, audio plays and two acclaimed memoirs, Paperboy and Film Freak. His most recent non-fiction book is The Book of Forgotten Authors. Chris divides his time between London's King’s Cross and Barcelona. You can find out more by visiting his website and following him on Twitter.

Christopher Fowler

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