Shadowland.Peter Straub
Peter Francis Straub, born March 2, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a writer of fiction and poetry, best known as a prolific horror author. . 1980/2003. Read by William Dufris William Dufris (born February 1, 1958 in Houlton, Maine) is an American voice actor who has spent the bulk of his acting career in England. He attended the University of Southern Maine in Portland-Gorham before moving to London, UK in 1986, where he resided for the next 13 years. . 14 tapes. 19.5 hrs. Sound Library, BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Audiobooks America. 0-7927-2821-1. $110.00. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. SA Del Nightingale and Tom Flanagan become friends at an exclusive school. After graduation, Del, who has ambitions to become a great magician, invites Tom to spend the summer with him at his uncle's summer home. The home, known as Shadowland, is located in the Vermont woods and is presided over by Coleman Collins, a magician. Collins sees in Tom the makings of a great magician, and proceeds to show the boys a summer of mystery, illusions and possibly much more than they were prepared for. As the secrets of Shadowland unfold and Collins begins to show a terrifyingly dark side, the boys decide that they have to escape if they are to survive. Dufris is an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. one-man vocal ensemble. His characters are so sharply defined and so individual that the listener can instantly identify the speaker He voices the youthful Tom and Del, the lovely and enigmatic Rose Armstrong, the bombastic Collins, the gruff gruff adj. gruff·er, gruff·est 1. Brusque or stern in manner or appearance: a gruff reply. 2. Hoarse; harsh: a gruff voice. men who serve his evil purposes--all with ease and expertise. Includes a smattering of sexually explicit incidents. Miles Klein, Frisco, TX |
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