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Cold Print by Ramsey Campbell; The Return of the Lloigor by Colin Wilson; My Boat by Joanna Russ Summary
Cold Print relates the story of Strutt, an exceptionally unlikable gymnasium teacher suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorders. Strutt is isolated, racist, sexist, sadistic, and relishes reading and collecting various forbidden or outré books. He treats books with a fetishistic fascination. One day he meets a hobo in a bookstore who tells him of a bizarre bookshop selling many curious books. Strutt follows the hobo to the bookstore and gets a book which the hobo encourages him to steal as the shopkeeper is missing. Strutt leaves cash and departs, aware but uncaring that the hobo is seized and detained by someone lurking in the shop. Strutt returns to the strange bookshop...
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