Red Snow
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- Ian R. MacLeod (Écrivain)
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The Road to Sweetwater
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He received the message from his old friend Morgan Callaghan after he'd been thanked by the people of Monasta, Missouri, for the two men he'd recently killed. Their withered bodies, one once-thin and the other once-fat, had been laid on doors, had be lained on doors in the draughty barn, which also served as the town chapel. Prayers were said, and hymns had been sung.
Then the people lined up.
"Good work you did, killin' them two beasts."
"Hope they didn't die easy. Easy ain't what they deserved."
"We are all most exceedingly grateful."
"Fully believe they're sufferin' right now, and that their sufferin' will be eternal, and praise the Lord."
"Thank you, mister Haupmann."
"Thank God."
"You've rescued us."
"You've saved our town."
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Red Snow
- France : 2017-04-01 (Français)
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RED SNOW is a novel of love and violence, ideas and dreams, and revolves around the mystery of a monster drawn from humanity's darkest myths which still somehow survives, and thrives, and kills, in this modern age
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