Candles Burning
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Candles Burning is a Southern Gothic mystery novel co-written by Tabitha King and the late Michael McDowell, completed and published after McDowell’s death.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Candles Burning canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Gothic novel
ⓘ
mystery novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author |
Michael McDowell
ⓘ
Tabitha King ⓘ |
| completedBy | Tabitha King ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Phil Heffernan ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Calley Dakin
ⓘ
Calley’s family members ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
Gothic
ⓘ
darkly atmospheric ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
eccentric families
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ghosts ⓘ murder ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Southern family dynamics
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childhood trauma ⓘ class and social status in the South ⓘ family secrets ⓘ inheritance and legacy ⓘ supernatural elements ⓘ |
| hasTone |
darkly humorous
ⓘ
macabre ⓘ suspenseful ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0425212110 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780425212110 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Southern Gothic ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Calliope "Calley" Dakin ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | chronological with flashbacks ⓘ |
| pageCount | 416 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous collaboration ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher | Berkley Books ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American South
|
| startedBy | Michael McDowell ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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