A Botanical Daughter
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Mexican Gothic meets The Lie Tree by way of Oscar Wilde and Mary
Shelley in this delightfully witty horror debut. A captivating tale
of two Victorian gentlemen hiding their relationship away in a
botanical garden who embark on a Frankenstein-style experiment with
unexpected consequences. It is an unusual thing, to live in a
botanical garden.But Simon and Gregor are an unusual pair of
gentlemen. Hidden away in their glass sanctuary from the
disapproving tattle of Victorian London, they are free to follow
their own interests without interference. For Simon, this means
long hours in the dark basement workshop, working his taxidermical
art.Gregor's business is exotic plants - lucrative, but harmless
enough. Until his latest acquisition, a strange fungus which shows
signs of intellect beyond any plant he's seen, inspires him to
attempt a masterwork: true intelligent life from plant matter.
Driven by the glory he'll earn from the Royal Horticultural Society
for such an achievement, Gregor ignores the flaws in his plan: that
intelligence cannot be controlled, that plants cannot be reasoned
with, and that the only way his plant-beast will flourish is if he
uses a recently deceased corpse for the substrate.The experiment -
or Chloe, as she is named - outstrips even Gregor's expectations,
entangling their strange household. But as Gregor's experiment
flourishes, he wilts under the cost of keeping it hidden from
jealous eyes. The mycelium grows apace in this sultry
greenhouse.But who is cultivating whom?Told with wit and warmth,
this is an extraordinary tale of family, fungus and more than a
dash of bloody revenge from an exciting new voice in queer horror.
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Výber kníh autorov
Titan Books Ltd ,
Noah Medlock
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Titan Books Ltd,
Noah Medlock
Výber kníh vydavateľa
Slovart
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Slovart
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