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The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers
Interconnected tales of madness, art and a forbidden play — a horror classic.

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The book that invented cosmic horror — Robert W. Chambers' <em>The King in Yellow</em> haunted Lovecraft, inspired True Detective, and still unsettles readers today.

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“Ne raillons pas les fous; leur folie dure plus longtemps que la nôtre.... Voila toute la différence.” Toward the end of the year 1920 the Government of the United States had practically completed the programme, adopted during the last months of President…

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