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BLOCH, ROBERT. 1917-1994.
Typed Manuscript Signed ("Robert Bloch"), entitled "But the Serpent was Cunning," 198 pp, 4to, [n.p., c.1978],

11 April 2016, 10:00 EDT
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BLOCH, ROBERT. 1917-1994.

Typed Manuscript Signed ("Robert Bloch"), entitled "But the Serpent was Cunning," 198 pp, 4to, [n.p., c.1978], numerous deletions, additions, and corrections in pencil and ink throughout, light soiling to title and inconsequential wrinkling.

BLOCH'S WORKING TYPESCRIPT for There is a Serpent in Eden (New York, 1979), reissued the same year as The Cunning. Bloch is best known as the author of Psycho (1959), and at the beginning of his career was one of the youngest member's of H.P. Lovecraft's circle. The present novel is a suspense tale revolving around a cast of slightly unhinged characters in the fictional Florida retirement community of Eden.

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