num_pages: 221
description: Spider is gaunt, threadbare, unnerved by everything from his landlady to the smell of gas. He tells us his story in a storm of beautiful language that slowly reveals itself as a fiendishly layered construction of truth and illusion. With echoes of Beckett, Poe, and Paul Bowles, Spider is a tale of horror and madness, storytelling and skepticism, a novel whose dizzying style lays bare the deepest layers of subconscious terror.
language: English
title: Spider
titlecomplete: Spider
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Contemporary, Gothic, Mental Illness, British Literature, Crime, Psychology, Horror
ratings_count: 2311
publisher: Vintage