Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot - His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred

Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot is the picaresque fable of the love that grows between the mute, telepathic human monstrosity Hercules and the beautiful Henriette--a love that will entwine their fates forever. Author Carl-Johan Vallgren creates an unforgettable cast of grotesqueries in a magical and atmospheric tour of nineteenth-century Europe--from the bordello, where Hercules is born, to the squalor of the asylum, where he finds only pain, to the sinister grandeur of the Jesuit monasteries in which he finds both shelter and peril, to the phantasmagoria of the freak show with which he travels. A moving, uplifting, at times dark and macabre tale of social oppression, official corruption, religious persecution, and unwavering devotion, it is a story that enchants and surprises . . . and leaves one wide-eyed with wonder, like a small child at his first carnival.

About the author

Carl-Johan Vallgren is the author of eight novels; this is the first to be translated into English. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

Product details

• Authors: Carl-Johan Vallgren, Carl-Johan/ Britten-Austin Vallgren
• Assisted by: Paul Britten-Austin (Translation), Veronica Britten-Austin (Translation)
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.03.2007
• EAN: 9780060842147
• ISBN: 978-0-06-084214-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Science Fiction / General, FICTION: Romance / Fantasy, FICTION: Fantasy / General, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Fantasy / Romance, FICTION: Magical Realism, FICTION: Fantasy / Historical, FICTION: Fantasy / Dark Fantasy