Fine and Private Place » (New Edition)

Peter S. Beagle is the author of The Innkeeper's Song, The Last Unicorn, and Tamsin. He is the recipient of the Mythopoeic and Locus awards, and France's Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire. He lives in Oakland, California.

Conversing in a mausoleum with the dead, an eccentric recluse is tugged back into the world by a pair of ghostly lovers bearing an extraordinary gift—the final chance for his own happiness. When challenged by a faithless wife and aided by a talking raven, the lives of the living and the dead may be renewed by courage and passion, but only if not belatedly. Told with an elegiac wisdom, this delightful tale of magic and otherworldly love is a timeless work of fantasy imbued with hope and wonder. After multiple printings since 1960, this newest edition will contain the author's recent revisions and will stand as the definitive version of an ageless classic.

ICCFA Magazine

One of the great fantasy novels of all time.