# The Intoxicated

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- Authors: [Shirley Jackson](https://www.bookquiver.com/shirley-jackson)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2014-03-06
- Genres: Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction

## Description

At a post-war suburban party, a man retreats to the kitchen and unexpectedly meets a teenage girl. There is the usual coffee and small talk, but then the conversation takes a startling turn. He resists it with condescending statements, but she calmly persists, and visions of a post-apocalyptic America follow one after another - destruction and chaos coolly, but vividly, described by her youthful voice. Shirley Jackson's ability to create a sense of unease is masterfully displayed in this commonplace but haunting exchange. Blending horror with the ordinary, it disrupts the comfort of the familiar and introduces a lurking disquiet that endures well beyond the close of the conversation.

## Editions

### The Intoxicated

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-07-1819-638-7
- Published: 2014-03-06
- Language: en_GB