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      The Sandman

      by Miles Gibson
      Published
      Jun 1987
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      192
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      About This Book

      Miles Gibson's cult novel from 1984 returns to print with a new preface by the author.


      Growing up in a small hotel in a shabby seaside town, lonely William 'Mackerel' Burton amuses himself by perfecting his conjuring tricks. In adult life his magic turns lethal as he stalks the streets of London - the butcher in rubber gloves, the acrobat called Death. He is the Sandman.


      'A splendidly macabre achievement... As an account of descent into homicidal mania it has seldom been bettered.' Time Out


      'Unspeakable acts are reported with an unwavering reasonableness essential to the comic impact...' Times Literary Supplement


      'Written by a virtuoso - it luxuriates in death with a Jacobean fervour.' Sydney Morning Herald

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      General Fiction

      Characters & Occupations

      Serial Killers

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      First Edition Jun 1987 Ballantine ISBN13 9780345342171 ISBN10 0345342178
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      Apr 1998 Do-Not Press ISBN13 9781899344246 ISBN10 1899344241
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      Jan 1984 St. Martin's ISBN13 9780312699123 ISBN10 0312699123
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      Apr 2013 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN13 9780571299812 ISBN10 0571299814
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      Apr 2013 Faber Finds ISBN10 B00B72L180
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