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• 100 1_ |a Duggan, Robert.

• 245 14 |a The grotesque in contemporary British fiction / |c Robert Duggan.

• 260 __ |a Manchester : |a New York : |b Manchester University Press ; |a New York, NY : |b Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, |c 2013.

• 300 __ |a 276 p. ; |c 23 cm.

• 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-272) and index.

• 520 __ |a "Starting with a sophisticated exploration of the historical development of the grotesque in literature, the book outlines the aesthetic trajectories of Angela Carter, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Iain Banks, Will Self and Toby Litt and offers detailed critical readings of key works of modern fiction including The Bloody Chamber (1979), Money (1984), The Child in Time (1987), The Wasp Factory (1984), Great Apes (1997) and Ghost Story (2004). The book shows how the grotesque continues to be a powerful force in contemporary writing and provides an illuminating picture of often controversial aspects of recent fiction."--Publisher's website.

• 650 _0 |a English fiction |y 21st century |x History and criticism.

• 650 _0 |a English fiction |y 20th century |x History and criticism.

• 650 _0 |a Grotesque in literature.