Death Dance: Suspenseful Stories of the Dance Macabre

Book Overview

An unusual mystery anthology of 14 stories in which dance is put to darker uses such as luring prey, a cold business proposition, etc. Authors inlcude Andrew kennedy, Brendan Dubois, John Lutz and more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581822502
• ISBN13: 9781581822502
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A bittersweet treasure

Stories of morbid irony. Trevanian began assembling these from far-flung old friends when he became acutely aware he was dying himself. That most ridiculous, conspicuously innocent human activity dancing is the theme of these stories by friends of Rodney Whitaker, and each voice is a welcome treasure and introduction to the underappreciated and obscure. A pity, in a better world these writers would be as famous as Trevanian himself, which is perhaps why it was his parting gift to his friends: a final use for the pseudonym that both gave him liberty and become an ironic collar. Trevanian fans ("the `Others'") tend to be well-read and enjoy the clever pointers to themes of literature and her history in his works. Writers here range from Raymond Carver influenced to demi-monde baroque (although with the patina of Damascus steel). A bittersweet treasure.