Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named
Merricat and her family's dark secret
Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always
Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse,
isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues
when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new
introduction by Jonathan Lethem.
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