About

John Farris (b. 1936) is an American writer. He was born 1936 in Jefferson City, Missouri. Aised in Tennessee, he graduated from Central High School in Memphis and attended Southwestern University there. He is responsible for a large number of novels, including When Michael Calls and All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By. Part from his vast body of fiction, his work on motion picture screenplays includes adaptations of his own books (The Fury), original scripts, and adaptations of the works of others.

He wrote and directed the film Dear Dead Delilah in 1973. 1936) is an American writer. Raised in Tennessee, he graduated from Central High School in Memphis and attended Southwestern University there. He is responsible for a large number of novels, including When Michael Calls and All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By. He has had several plays produced off-Broadway, and also paints and writes poetry.

John Farris's tribute to H Rider Haggard and King Solomon's Mines is an action-packed thriller with international espionage, rare, powerful jewels and a lost race of cat people ith a new introduction by David J Schow and a new afterword by the author.

Riginally published in 1982, this understated classic again shows John Farris, a master of plotting and characterization, at his finest, and, again, going in a totally capricious direction Signed by Farris, Schow, and artist Harry O orris, and limited to just 300 copies.

Edition Details

• Limited to 300 copies, each signed by John Farris, Harry O. Morris, and David J. Schow.
• Introduction by David J. Schow.
• Color cover and frontispiece by Harry O. Morris.
• Afterword by John Farris.
• Ribbon marker and head and tail bands.
• Color reprints of original hardcover and paperback artwork.

External Links

• Catacombs. Centipede Press page for Catacombs
• John Farris (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for John Farris