The Associated Shades

By John Kendrick Bangs

Book Overview

The Associated Shades This volume contains all the four humorous and witty novels by John Kendrick Bangs about "The Associated Shades" a group of famous dead people who become a sort of corporation or exclusive club in a house-boat on Styx. These stories created a new genre - Bangsian fiction - which is a story set almost or entirely in the afterlife. Members of The Associated Shades include: Confucius, Socrates, Sherlock Holmes, Baron Munchausen, William Shakespeare, Napoleon Bonaparte, Dr Samuel Johnson, Nero, James Boswell, Charles Darwin, George Washington, Walter Raleigh among others.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1304998096
• ISBN13: 9781304998095
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"