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A new collection of short stories from the Swedish master of the macabre, featuring a briefsequel to Let the Right One In. Customs officer Tina can smell a smuggler's guilt. Josef has a close encounter with Death-and discovers you can negotiate. Joel's apartmentbuilding is starting to...list. Wickedly imaginative, gleefully bloodthirsty, Let the Old Dreams Die features a classic Lindqvistcast of lovers, loners and losers. All flawed, all touched by the desire to be loved, all deeplyhuman. Even some of those who are not human at all.

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'Although Lindqvist reminds us of the way fear and hatred of the unfamiliar makes monsters of all of us, it is not fear and hatred he is interested in, but love and the way it binds us to one another.' -- James Bradley * Australian * 'There are two kinds of horror writers: those who have imagination and style in abundance, and the other kind. Lindqvist is firmly in the former; all you can do is look on and admire.' * Sydney Morning Herald * 'A magician of genre fiction…Lindqvist again trips along that thin high wire between supernatural devices and psychological verites.’ * Independent * `A delicate balance between macabre and moving.’ * Sunday Telegraph * `Some of his ideas are provoking enough to provide a satisfying squirm.’ * Courier-Mail * `A dangerously imaginative man.’ * Herald Sun *

'Although Lindqvist reminds us of the way fear and hatred of the unfamiliar makes monsters of all of us, it is not fear and hatred he is interested in, but love and the way it binds us to one another.' -- James Bradley * Australian * 'There are two kinds of horror writers: those who have imagination and style in abundance, and the other kind. Lindqvist is firmly in the former; all you can do is look on and admire.' * Sydney Morning Herald * `A dangerously imaginative man.' * Herald Sun * `Some of his ideas are provoking enough to provide a satisfying squirm.' * Courier-Mail * `A delicate balance between macabre and moving.' * Sunday Telegraph * 'A magician of genre fiction...Lindqvist again trips along that thin high wire between supernatural devices and psychological verites.' * Independent *

'A magician of genre fiction...Lindqvist again trips along that thin high wire between supernatural devices and psychological verites.' Independent 'A delicate balance between macabre and moving.' Sunday Telegraph 'Some of his ideas are provoking enough to provide a satisfying squirm.' Courier-Mail 'A dangerously imaginative man.' Herald Sun 'Although Lindqvist reminds us of the way fear and hatred of the unfamiliar makes monsters of all of us, it is not fear and hatred he is interested in, but love and the way it binds us to one another.' -- James Bradley Australian 'There are two kinds of horror writers: those who have imagination and style in abundance, and the other kind. Lindqvist is firmly in the former; all you can do is look on and admire.' Sydney Morning Herald

'Although Lindqvist reminds us of the way fear and hatred of the unfamiliar makes monsters of all of us, it is not fear and hatred he is interested in, but love and the way it binds us to one another.' -- James Bradley * Australian * 'There are two kinds of horror writers: those who have imagination and style in abundance, and the other kind. Lindqvist is firmly in the former; all you can do is look on and admire.' * Sydney Morning Herald * 'A magician of genre fiction...Lindqvist again trips along that thin high wire between supernatural devices and psychological verites.' * Independent * `A delicate balance between macabre and moving.' * Sunday Telegraph * `Some of his ideas are provoking enough to provide a satisfying squirm.' * Courier-Mail * `A dangerously imaginative man.' * Herald Sun *

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John Ajvide Lindqvist lives in Sweden. His first novel, Let the Right One In, was published in thirty countries and adapted into two feature films. His novels Handling the Undead, Harbour and Little Star are also published by Text Publishing.

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