by Peter Straub · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401360404
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«Dragón» is the horror novel by Peter Straub, published by Plaza & Janés in 1983 in paperback (448 pages, in Spanish).
In the luxurious community of Hampstead, a leak of toxic gas, D.R. G-16, unleashes latent evil forces. Three people with telepathic powers and an old writer investigate the origins of the catastrophe while two threats, one man-made and one supernatural, loom over the town.
Work originally published as «Floating Dragon» in 1982. Spanish translation by Josep Ferrer i Aleu. Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1984.
For readers of horror and supernatural suspense, especially those who enjoy stories of telepathic powers and small-community mysteries.
Peter Francis Straub was an American novelist and poet. He had success with several horror and supernatural fiction novels, among them Julia (1975), Ghost Story (1979) and The Talisman (1984), the latter co-written with Stephen King. He explored the mystery genre with the Blue Rose trilogy, consisting of Koko (1988), Mystery (1990) and The Throat (1993). He fused the supernatural with crime fiction in Lost Boy, Lost Girl (2003) and the related In the Night Room (2004). For the Library of America, he edited the volume H. P. Lovecraft: Tales and the anthology American Fantastic Tales. Straub received such literary honors as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award.
