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Author:

Williams, Gordon M., 1934-

Title:

The siege of Trencher's farm : : the novel that inspired Straw Dogs / / Gordon Williams.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Titan Books,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

225 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Americans--England--Fiction.
Sexual harassment of women--Fiction.
Married people--Fiction.
England--Rural conditions--Fiction.
Suspense fiction.

Notes:

"The novel that inspired Straw dogs.".

Summary:

American professor George Magruder, his wife Louise and their daughter rent an old, isolated house known as Trencher's Farm in Cornwall, so George can finish writing his book. When George accidentally runs over a convicted child killer on the loose from a mental asylum, he confronts the brutal locals and sets in train a series of violent events that threaten his very survival and that of his family.

ISBN:

0857681192 ((pbk.) :) :
9780857681195 ((pbk.) :) :

LCCN:

2011456524

Locations:

XEPE697 -- Red Oak Public Library (Red Oak)

RFPC397 -- Stuart Public Library (Stuart)