Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel - Brossura

Hill, Joe

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0061944890 ISBN 13: 9780061944895

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2009

Riassunto

A collector of obscure and macabre artifacts, from a cannibal cookbook to a used hangman's noose, unscrupulous metal band musician Judas Coyne is unable to resist purchasing a ghost over the Internet, which turns out to be the vengeful spirit of his late girlfriend's stepfather. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

[Hill]’s got horror down pat, and his debut is hair-raising fun.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“A relentlessly scary ghost story.” (Bookseller (London))

“Powerful . . . a fast-paced plot that crackles with expertly planted surprises and revelations . . . a truly memorable debut.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“You can’t go wrong with Heart-Shaped Box.” Top Five Fiction-Books of 2007 (The Observer)

“A fast-paced journey on wheels borrowed from hell’s used-car lot, and there aren’t a lot of comfort breaks...The pictures [Hill] painted colored my dreams and darkened my mood even after I’d put the book down.” (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

L'autore:

Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Fireman; NOS4A2; Horns, which was made into a major motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe; Heart-Shaped Box, which won the Bram Stoker Award and the International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel; and the prizewinning story collection 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the Eisner Award–winning writer of a six-volume comic book series, Locke & Key. He lives in New Hampshire. 

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061944890
• ISBN 13: 9780061944895
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384