{"product_id":"beetle-richard-marsh-9781492699712","title":"The Beetle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A fun new way to encounter the spine-tinglers of yesteryear.\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA horror classic for the modern reader, presented by the Horror Writers Association.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRediscover the classic and come face-to-face with a creature \"born of neither god nor man\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1897, Richard Marsh's classic work of gothic horror, \u003cem\u003eThe Beetle\u003c\/em\u003e, opens with Robert Holt, an out-of-work clerk seeking shelter in an abandoned house. He comes face to face with a fantastical creature with supernatural and hypnotic powers; a creature who can transform at will between its human and beetle forms and who wrecks havoc when he preys on young middle-class Britons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing an introduction by bestselling author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, the Haunted Library Horror Classics edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Beetle\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale of revenge that takes the reader on a dark journey, one that explores the crisis of late imperial England through a fantastical and horrific lens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poisoned Pen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50123021844673,"sku":"9781492699712","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9781492699712.jpg?v=1775482692","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/beetle-richard-marsh-9781492699712","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}