![]() ![]() Duncan, a historian of note, entertains twin obsessions: rival historian Mary Sabon and the mysterious graycaps. Janice, an ex-society figure and art critic, narrates with great and sometimes dark flamboyance. Shriek: An Afterword deals principally with two eponymous siblings, Janice and Duncan Shriek. The inhabitants of Ambergris enjoy a fascination with squid, and celebrate an anarchic annual Festival of the Freshwater Squid. The city was built over the land (and quiet protests) of the fungally-adept "graycaps", humanoids of uncertain disposition. Ambergris is characterized by grocery stores, post offices, cafés, and vendors (The " Borges Bookstore" bears note). ![]() The novel was written over a period of eight years, owing in part to what the author said, " very personal." Plot introduction Īmbergris, named for "the most secret and valued part of the whale", is a fantastical urban milieu, explicitly modern and apparently pre-industrial (despite the presence of guns, bombs, and motor vehicles). Published in 2006, Shriek is set in the fictional city of Ambergris, a recurring setting in VanderMeer's work. Shriek: An Afterword is a fantasy novel by American writer Jeff VanderMeer. ![]()
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