Gladys and Annie Barnes are impoverished sisters who have seen better times. They live in a modest cottage in the backstreets of Highate with Mr Fisher, a mild but eccentric old man living secretively in the attic above them. Their quiet lives are thrown into confusion when a new landlord takes over, a dreaded and unscrupulous 'rackman'.
Gladys and Annie Barnes are impoverished sisters who have seen better times. They live in a modest cottage in the backstreets of Highate with Mr Fisher, a mild but eccentric old man living secretively in the attic above them. Their quiet lives are thrown into confusion when a new landlord takes over, a dreaded and unscrupulous ''rackman''. He installs his wife in part of the cottages in the hope that there she will recover from an unspecified malady. With a mounting sense of fear, Gladys and Annie become convinced she is possessed by an evil spirit...
- | Author: Stella Gibbons
- | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- | Publication Date: Aug 04, 2011
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780099528692
- | ISBN-10: 009952869X
- Author:
- Stella Gibbons
- Publisher:
- Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:
- Aug 04, 2011
- Binding:
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN-13:
- 9780099528692
- ISBN10:
- 009952869X