Eltonsbrody - Edgar Mittelholzer
Category: Horror
Narrator: David Sweeney-Bear
Tags: Horror, Novel, Adults, Literature
5h47m, When Woodsley, a young English painter, arrives in Barbados and finds no lodging available, he thinks himself fortunate to be invited to stay at Eltonsbrody, a mansion belonging to the eccentric widow Mrs Scaife. But behind the locked doors of the houses disused rooms lurk terrible secrets, and soon strange and blood-curdling events begin to unfold. The tension builds towards a shocking and unforgettable conclusion, when the full horror of Eltonsbrody will be revealed., One of the most prolific and important of 20th-century Caribbean writers, Edgar Mittelholzer (1909-1965) was at his best in Gothic novels like My Bones and My Flute (1955) and Eltonsbrody (1960). This first-ever reissue of Mittelholzers weird and chilling tale includes a new introduction by John Thieme., One of the modern giants of Caribbean writing. (Caribbean Writers), A sanguinary essay in the macabre. (The Crisis), An original writer with a great command of language and atmospheretrue imaginative power. (John
