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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Houses Without Doorsby Peter Straub
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A schoolboy hypnotizes his little brother and discovers a dark and deadly power...
A reclusive misfit falls deeper and deeper under the spell of his favorite pulp fiction... An ambitious young professor on sabbatical must elude the violent and ghostly world of his own ancestors... This spectacular collection of short fiction by Peter Straub exposes the terrors that hide beneath the surface of the ordinary world...behind the walls of houses without doors. In its pages, you'll find both the strange and the familiar, including the seeds of Straub's powerful Blue Rose trilogy. These haunting tales form a series of artistic seductions that leaves the reader vulnerable to the shattering insights of a masterful writer. Review:"Straub at his spellbinding best....In addition to having popular allure, Straub's fictions are playfully postmodern, resonating with insights on genre, craft and process." Publishers Weekly Review:"Suppleness of prose...delicacy of plotting...psychological acuity...Straub has a fascinating vision of reality." The New York Times Review:"Houses Without Doors is a big, generous collection, and it demonstrates that in hands like Straub's the horror genre is quite sufficiently supple, and versatile, to attack complex themes with vitality, sophistication, and wit." The Washington Post Book World Review:"Peter Straub is perhaps our most literate teller of twisted tales." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Review:"[D]eliciously dark....Relying more on psychological terror than real physical monsters, his stories make us think while they thrill us, and make us work a little at what they mean while we wait for the next macabre twist of the tale." Boston Herald Review:"This is an author who can plop seemingly conventional characters down in the middle of a seemingly familiar setting and within three pages all hell has broken loose." Los Angeles Times Book Review Review:"Straub builds a menacing aura of mystery." People Review:"Straub at his chilling and disturbing best....He knows how to construct nightmares and give them interesting, intellectual twists. This elevates his writing...into a world that truly comes back to haunt the reader." The Sacramento Bee About the AuthorPeter Straub is one of America?s foremost authors of supernatural and suspense fiction. He is the New York Times bestselling author of a dozen novels, including the horror classic Ghost Story and The Talisman, which he cowrote with Stephen King. His latest novel, Black House — also written with King — is a #1 New York Times bestseller. A past president of the Horror Writers of America and multiple award winner, he lives in New York City. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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