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Book Title: Conspiracy Against the Human Race : a Contrivance of Horror
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: Horror & Supernatural, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Personality, Semiotics & Theory, Essays, Emotions
Genre: Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Literary Collections, Psychology
Item Weight: 7.7 Oz
Item Length: 7.9 in
Author: Thomas Ligotti
Item Width: 5.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
