The Tenant

The Tenant

1964 • 216 pages

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Roland Topor's nightmare vision of paranoia, with a new introduction by famed horror writer Thomas Ligotti.


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This is the kind of literature I like. I recommend to everyone who likes surrealism, absurdism and modernism.

December 20, 2023

a gentle stroll through sweet nothings transforms into an onslaught of manipulation, paranoia and violence.

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