{"product_id":"shadows-in-summerland-paperback","title":"Shadows in Summerland - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdrian Van Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An extraordinary novel sure to enchant readers of Sarah Waters as well as those looking for a thrilling and transporting gothic tale.\" --Julia Fierro, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gypsy Moth Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Noticed Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, an award-winning collection of short stories, presents his debut work of full-length fiction, \"a witty and disturbing horror novel . . . as if Henry James had written an issue of \u003ci\u003eTales from the Crypt\u003c\/i\u003e\" (Bennett Sims, author of \u003ci\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Loosely based on the lives of spirit photographer William H. Mumler and his wife, \u003ci\u003eShadows in Summerland\u003c\/i\u003e transports readers to 1859 Boston, where those who promise access to the otherworldly--mediums, spiritualists, and psychics--are celebrated. This embrace of illusion and intrigue provides the perfect hunting ground for con artists and charlatans--men like William Mumler. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When William teams up with Hannah, a shy young girl who sees and manifests the dead, they are welcomed into the drawing rooms of the city's elite. But the couple's newfound fame and fortune draw grifters and rogues into their circle, including someone who will bring the afterlife closer to them than they could ever imagine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning three decades, \u003ci\u003eShadows in Summerland\u003c\/i\u003e \"recalls an era no less gullible than the present one . . . Van Young's prose skillfully illuminates his gothic tale of greed, obsession, and murder\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A fabulous and weird addition to the contemporary fantastic.\" --Laird Barron, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrian Van Young is the author of two books: \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Noticed Everything, \u003c\/i\u003ea collection of stories; and \u003ci\u003eShadows in Summerland\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel. His fiction, nonfiction, and criticism have been published or are forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Conjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, Electric Literature's\u003ci\u003e Recommended Reading\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Slate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e VICE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGranta, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the anthologies \u003ci\u003eGigantic Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Mechanical Animals: Tales at the Crux of Creatures and Tech\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. Van Young attended Columbia University's MFA program in fiction, receiving a Henfield Prize. In the years since, he won Black Lawrence Press's St. Lawrence Book Award for his first collection of stories, and has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He has taught English and creative writing at the undergraduate and high school levels for more than a decade. Van Young lives with his family in New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699545542719,"sku":"9781504063128","price":32.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/28d7464db19744177a134479b727a237.webp?v=1765013649","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/shadows-in-summerland-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}