{"product_id":"whiskey-tales-9781939663368","title":"Whiskey Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEarly tales from the Belgian master of the weird, Jean Ray\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in French in 1925, \u003ci\u003eWhiskey Tales\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething of a prequel to later collections such as \u003ci\u003eCruise of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eCircles of Terror\u003c\/i\u003e (both forthcoming from Wakefield Press), \u003ci\u003eWhiskey Tales\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA handful of these stories first appeared in English in \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10775307\"\u003eJean Ray\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wakefield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939663368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1939663369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wakefield Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42668899926253,"sku":"9781939663368","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_329ada99-3978-4d6d-9720-f108f64e1423.jpg?v=1649462760","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/whiskey-tales-9781939663368","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}