The Siege of Trencher's Farm The Siege of Trencher's Farm The Siege of Trencher's Farm (1969) is a psychological horror/thriller novel by Scottish author Gordon Williams. It was first published by Secker & Warburg, and is better known for the 1971 film adaptation "Straw Dogs" (starring Dustin Hoffman) by Sam Peckinpah. A remake of that film (Straw Dogs (2011 film)) under the same name was made to less favourable reviews, both films bearing little resemblance to the novel. "The Siege of Trencher's Farm" was republished by Titan Books as in 2011 as "Straw Dogs", to coincide with the release of the remake. George Magruder, an
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket novel until the 1950s, though many in France recognized the work much earlier. In 2013, "The Guardian" cited "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" as the tenth greatest novel ever written in English, and noted its influence on later authors such as Henry James, Arthur Conan Doyle, B. Traven and David Morrell. The financial and critical failure of "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" was a turning point in Poe's career. For one, he was driven to literary duties that would make him money, notably his controversial role as editor of "The Conchologist's First Book" in