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The Town That Forgot How to Breathe

A Novel

By Kenneth J. Harvey

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| Paperback | 9780312424800

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Something strange is happening in the seaside town of Bareneed. Mythical creatures are being pulled from the sea, perfectly preserved corpses of long-lost villagers are washing up on the shore, and residents of the town are suddenly overcome by a mysterious illness that is making them forget how to Continue

Something strange is happening in the seaside town of Bareneed. Mythical creatures are being pulled from the sea, perfectly preserved corpses of long-lost villagers are washing up on the shore, and residents of the town are suddenly overcome by a mysterious illness that is making them forget how to breathe.

A page-turning gothic thriller reminiscent of H. P. Lovecraft, The Town That Forgot How to Breathe is "a novel of dazzling ambition and strange, haunting loveliness. . . . An absolute triumph of the storyteller's art" (Joseph O'Connor, author of Star of the Sea).

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  • The Town That Forgot How to Breathe By Kenneth J. Harvey

    Welcome to beautiful Bareneed. For as long as anyone can remember, this village has been like many other secluded seaport communities in Newfoundland. Other than a few minor problems caused by the town's steadily declining fishing industry, little ha ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Sat, 11 Sep 2010

  • The Town That Forgot How to Breathe

    In overview, Kenneth Harvey’s first American publication (following thirteen books in Canada) seems pure horror. A cranky and ingrown community named Bareneed suffers visitations from the dead, the corpses fresh even when centuries old, bobbing up ou ... (read full critics)

    believermag published on Mon, 6 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 480 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0312424809
  • ISBN-13: 9780312424800
  • Publisher: Picador
  • Pub date: Aug 22, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 839 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover and eBook
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