I Am Your Brother (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

<p>Everything seems to be going right for Julian Spencer. The brilliance of the young composer's work is beginning to be recognized and he is engaged to marry a beautiful woman. There's just one thing that stands in the way of his happiness. In the attic behind a locked door lives Julian's monstrous half-brother the deformed result of a mad scientist's botched experiment a creature with a ravenous insatiable appetite for raw bloody meat ...<p>G. S. Marlowe's bizarre horror novel <i>I Am Your Brother</i> (1935) was published to positive reviews from bemused critics who admitted they had no idea what the book was actually about and became a cult favorite in the 1930s. This edition reproduces the original jacket art by Rex Whistler and includes a new introduction by Phil Baker who casts a new light on the book's obscure author.<p>Genuine horror ... it will keep you from sleeping for some time. - <i>New Yorker</i><p>A story distorted into real horror ... Marlowe shows a new way to make flesh creep. - <i>Time Magazine</i><p>A piece of exciting lunacy ... The projection of a nightmare ... The book has a weird excitement of its own ... a very mad thriller. - <i>Sunday Times</i> (London)<p>This is a remarkable novel ... the phantasmagoric writing ... leaves one with the impression of a sort of mad genius on the part of the writer. The story is indubitably rapid and vivid and sometimes genuinely moving. - <i>Saturday Review</i>