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Also by John Gardner:

The Sunlight Dialogues, December 2006
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Grendel, May 1999
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GRENDEL
By: John Gardner

The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic BEOWULF, tells his side of the story.

Vintage
May 1999
Featuring: Grendel
192 pages
ISBN: 0679723110
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Fiction | Historical

In the Old English epic Beowulf the hero of the title slays Grendel, the half-human monster that nightly came to assault the citadel of the Danish king. When Grendel's even more formidable mother comes to avenge him, Beowulf chases her back to her lair and dispatches her, as well.

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