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Jesus Saves

by Darcey Steinke

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ISBN13: 9780802135988
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From one of the most daring young writers in America, Jesus Saves, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, is a suburban gothic that explores the sources of evil, confronts the dynamic shifts within theology, and traces the consequences of suburban alienation. Set in the modern launch pads of adolescent ritual, the strip malls and duplexes on the back side of suburbia, it's the story of two girls: Ginger, a troubled minister's daughter; and Sandy Patrick, who has been abducted from summer camp and now smiles from missing-child posters all over town. Layering the dreamscapes of Alice in Wonderland with the subculture of River's Edge, Darcey Steinke's Jesus Saves is an unforgettable passage through the depths of the literary imagination.

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Jesus Saves is a chilling horror story, a suburban gothic that explores the darkest limits of human degradation. Set in a landscape of strip malls and feral kudzu-covered dump sites, this book focuses on the other suburbia, not the green manicured lawns and well-tended ranch houses, but the trampled, trash-filled strips of woods lying between subdivisions and superhighways, launchpads for adolescent ritual, whose sacramental remnants are discarded beer cans and charred wood. At the center of this community are two girls: Sandy Patrick, who has been abducted from summer camp and now smiles from missing-child posters all over town; and Ginger, a troubled minister's daughter, whose fixation on Sandy borders on obsession. Ultimately, these two young women are brought together by a violent and dispossessed man who leads them into a night of diabolical terror and the final confrontation between the sacred and profane.

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A suburban gothic that explore the sources of evil, confronts the dynamic shifts within theology, and traces the consequences of suburban alienation.
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ISBN:
9780802135988
Author:
Steinke, Darcey
Publisher:
Grove/Atlantic
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Religious
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Horror
Subject:
Horror tales
Subject:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Subject:
United States Civilization 20th century Fiction.
Copyright:
1997
Edition Number:
1st pbk. ed.
Publication Date:
January 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
8.23x5.51x.59 in. .54 lbs.
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