Book description
Whatever happened to Oskar and Eli? And what became of the beleaguered
families in Handling the Undead? Find out in Let the Old Dreams Die.
In other tales from this collection, a woman finds a dead body and
decides to keep it for herself, a customs officer has a mysterious gift
which enables him to see what others hide, and a man believes he knows
how to deceive death. These are the stories of John Ajvide Lindqvist's
rich imagination. They are about love and death and what we do when the
two collide and the monsters emerge. 'This collection of chilling
short stories will have you wishing your DLR journey was just a few
pages longer' The Wharf. John Ajvide Lindqvist is a Swedish author,
born in 1968, who grew up in Blackeberg, a suburb of Stockholm. He came
in second in the Nordic card trick championship, before working as a
stand-up comedian for twelve years. His four novels, Let the Right One
In, Handling the Undead, Harbour and Little Star have been translated
into English and published by Quercus. Marlaine Delargy works as a
translator and adult learning support tutor. She has translated novels
by Åsa Larsson and Johan Theorin, and serves on the editorial board of
the Swedish Book Review. She lives in Shropshire, England.
