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Shriek
- Author
- Jeff VanderMeer
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 12 March 2022
- Run Time
- 16 hours 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Fantasy
What to expect
An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris—previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer’s acclaimed City of Saints & Madmen—Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies.
Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice’s brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies who have been waiting underground for their chance to mold the future of the city.
Part academic treatise, part tell-all biography, after this introduction to the Family Shriek, you’ll never look at history in quite the same way again.
Critics Review
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“As complicated, impressive, and exasperating as anything he has written…VanderMeer makes no compromises with his readers, but Shriek is twisted, darkly funny, and ultimately rewarding.”
The Guardian (London)
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“An exceptional novel, a tapestry of fine writing, deep psychological insight, and acute narrative excitement…A dark fantasy of tremendous distinction.”
Locus
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“VanderMeer makes a triumphant return to Ambergris…in this masterful if difficult fantasy novel.”
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“Place[s] Ambergris on the literary map beside both Gotham City and the Emerald City as one of the most memorable metropolises in speculative fiction.”
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Details
- Author
- Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrator
- Bronson Pinchot, Cassandra Campbell
- Duration
- 16 hours 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 March 2022
- ISBN
- 9781982615154
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Fantasy
Synopsis
An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris—previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer’s acclaimed City of Saints & Madmen—Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies.Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice’s brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies who have been waiting underground for their chance to mold the future of the city.Part academic treatise, part tell-all biography, after this introduction to the Family Shriek, you’ll never look at history in quite the same way again.
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