''The White Body of Evening'' is a 2002 horror novel by

A. L. McCann Andrew Lachlan McCann is an Australian academic and writer of horror fiction. Biography McCann lives in Victoria and holds both an MA from the University of Melbourne and a PhD from Cornell University. His academic work has won him awards and ...

. It is set in late 19th century Melbourne where a family is facing a degenerating marriage and the children exposed to the city's possibilities.

Background

''The White Body of Evening'' was first published in Australia in August 2002 by

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format. In 2003 it was re-released in

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format. ''The White Body of Evening'' won the 2002

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for best horror novel.

References

External links

''The White Body of Evening''
at the

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