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His style was easy on the eye and although fairly basic in places you could see that he knew how to use pace and atmosphere to his advantage. His more than 20 novels have sold more than 48 million copies worldwide, and are available in 33 languages. The rats james herbert prologue the old house had been empty for more than a year. It was only when the bones of the first devoured victims were. Herbert went on to publish a new top ten bestseller every year until 1988. No one went there, nobody showed much interest anymore. This was james herberts first novel and while it isnt a masterpiece by anyones standard you could quite clearly see he was a writer with some promise. A special fortieth anniversary edition of the rats, the classic, bestselling novel that launched james herbert s career with a foreword by neil gaiman. Longlisted for the audiobook download of the year, 2007. Herbert turned things up to the nth degree in 1984 with the release of the third book domain my personal fave. James herbert on rats and redemption horror writer james herbert who has died aged 69 talks to andrew billen in.
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