Mrs. Caliban

Mrs. Caliban

In the quiet suburbs, while Dorothy is doing chores and waiting for her husband to come home from work, not in the least anticipating romance, she hears a strange radio announcement about a monster who has just escaped from the Institute for Oceanographic Research... Reviewers have compared Rachel Ingalls's Mrs. Caliban to King Kong, Edgar Allan Poe's stories, the films of David Lynch, Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, E.T., Richard Yates's domestic realism, B-horror movies, and the fairy tales of Angela Carter--how such a short novel could contain all of these disparate elements is a testament to its startling and singular charm.
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Sarah Sammis@pussreboots
4 stars
Apr 4, 2024
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Andrew John Kinney@numidica
2 stars
Aug 18, 2023
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Chris Poore@thepoorehouse
5 stars
Jan 16, 2022
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Lucía RG@awwsunshine
3 stars
Dec 29, 2021
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Moray Lyle McIntosh@bookish_arcadia
4 stars
Dec 5, 2021
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Michael Chen@docmc03
4 stars
Nov 7, 2021
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Roger Amundsen@gododger
3.5 stars
Nov 30, 2022
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carissa r@cariss_a
4 stars
Apr 3, 2024
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Yasmin@yasamarante
5 stars
Jan 12, 2024
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camille peiffer@camillepeiffer
2 stars
Jan 8, 2024
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N.C@quince
4 stars
Dec 28, 2023
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Will Vunderink@willvunderink
3 stars
Dec 18, 2023
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Kyle Curry@kcurry24
3 stars
Nov 22, 2023
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Kaycee@kaycee
4 stars
Oct 12, 2023
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Shreya Punj@theeditorrecommends
4 stars
Jan 24, 2023
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Em💫@epdye
4 stars
Jan 20, 2023
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A@lumiinox
5 stars
Jun 11, 2022
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Lincy@lincy
4 stars
Feb 16, 2022
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K. Qua@stepfordknives
3 stars
Jan 22, 2022
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Jennifer Dieter@jdeets03
4 stars
Dec 30, 2021
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Dilara Alemdar@dilaraalemdar
5 stars
Nov 24, 2021
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John I. Clark@ridgwayjohn
5 stars
Sep 15, 2021
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Shelby Hurd@shelbyhurd
2 stars
Sep 15, 2021

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