The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers games and knows better than most

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and Mathilde is about to learn that life can take wild and unexpected turns

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The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers games and knows better than mostPenguin Weird Fiction: a celebration of the very best of the weird, a store of novels and tales that for generations have delighted and horrified. Shot through with an unutterable sense of mystery, paranoia and dread, the King in Yellow is a linked collection of tales that swirl around a single motif: a terrible book that prompts an obsessive madness in all who look upon its pages. From a dystopian New York to the streets of Paris, these narratives