Whiskey Tales - by Jean Ray (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Originally published in French in 1925, Whiskey Tales immediately established the reputation of the Belgian master of the weird, Jean Ray (1887-1964), whose writings in the coming years would come to chart out a literary meeting ground between H.P. Lovecraft and Charles Dickens. A commercial success, the collection earned Ray the appellation of the "Belgian Poe." A year later, however, the author would be arrested on charges of embezzlement and serve two years in prison, where he would write some of his best stories. Something of a prequel to later collections such as Cruise of Shadows or Circles of Terror (both forthcoming from Wakefield Press), Whiskey Tales finds Ray embracing the modes of adventure and horror fiction adopted by such contemporaries as Pierre Mac Orlan and Maurice Renard. Taking us from ship's prow to port, from tavern to dead-end lane, these early tales are ruled by the spirits of whiskey and fog, each element blurring the borders between humor and horror, the sentimental and the sinister, the real and the imagined. A handful of these stories first appeared in English in Weird Tales in the 1930s, but the majority of this collection has never been translated. This first complete English-language edition is the first in many volumes of Jean Ray's books that Wakefield Press will be bringing out over the coming seasons.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Originally published in French in 1925, <i>Whiskey Tales</i> immediately established the reputation of the Belgian master of the weird, Jean Ray (1887-1964), whose writings in the coming years would come to chart out a literary meeting ground between H.P. Lovecraft and Charles Dickens. A commercial success, the collection earned Ray the appellation of the Belgian Poe. A year later, however, the author would be arrested on charges of embezzlement and serve two years in prison, where he would write some of his best stories.</p><p>Something of a prequel to later collections such as <i>Cruise of Shadows</i> or <i>Circles of Terror</i> (both forthcoming from Wakefield Press), <i>Whiskey Tales</i> finds Ray embracing the modes of adventure and horror fiction adopted by such contemporaries as Pierre Mac Orlan and Maurice Renard. Taking us from ship's prow to port, from tavern to dead-end lane, these early tales are ruled by the spirits of whiskey and fog, each element blurring the borders between humor and horror, the sentimental and the sinister, the real and the imagined.</p><p>A handful of these stories first appeared in English in <i>Weird Tales</i> in the 1930s, but the majority of this collection has never been translated. This first complete English-language edition is the first in many volumes of Jean Ray's books that Wakefield Press will be bringing out over the coming seasons.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Lee Friedlander's images--ranging from portraits of jazz stars to shots of the American heartland--offer insight into the mind of the great photographer ... A survey stretching from his Atlantic Records days to the present.--Julia Vitale "Airmail"<br><br>This story collection, like an aged single malt with a touch of spring water, is sure to be savored by connoisseurs of the weird tale.--Leonid Bilmes "Los Angeles Review of Books"<br>
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