CALIFORNIA GOTHIC. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Dream Haven, [1995]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 750 numbered copies and an unknown quantity of copies marked "PC" [publisher's copy] on the colophon leaf signed by Etchison and artist J. K. Potter, this being one of the unnumbered "PC" copies. "CALIFORNIA GOTHIC features a serial killer who appears to have literally arisen from the ashes of the radical underground and who represents the classic horror theme, the unnatural survival of the past into the present. For Etchison's characters, the death of the 1960s represents a sort of personal death in life." - Stefan Dziemianowicz, Pringle (ed), St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, p. 211. "CALIFORNIA GOTHIC glows with literate vision. Its elliptical, densely packed style affirms the virtues of novels like PSYCHO and NIGHT OF THE HUNTER against the labored, pedestrian approach of the contemporary horror mainstream … Underlying this articulate, luminous novel is an angry challenge to received wisdom not only about the horror genre, but about the way we live." - Joel Lane, Necrofile: The Review of Horror Literature #18 (1995), p. 3. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#158426).
Price: $75.00
First edition so stated on copyright page.