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In the Night Room : A Novel by Peter Straub (2006, Mass Market)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100345491327
ISBN-139780345491329
eBay Product ID (ePID)48416880
Product Key Features
Book TitleIn the Night Room : a Novel
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicPsychological, Occult & Supernatural, Horror, Ghost, Thrillers / Supernatural
GenreFiction
AuthorPeter Straub
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight7.4 Oz
Item Length6.8 in
Item Width4.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"A powerful and arresting foray into the dark fantastic." -- The Washington Post Book World "So imaginative, intricate, and electrifying that readers will be tempted to race through the novel." --Associated Press "A chase novel and a metafictional fun ride that, like much of Straub's work, takes genre elements and twists them into something unexpected." -- Time Out New York "A twisting, fast-paced plot." -- USA Today "A brilliant work of horrific fantasy . . . Anyone looking for a good read providing plenty of thrills while doling out literary meditations on the nature of fantasy vs. reality won't find a better book." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch "[A] brilliant novel . . . Moving briskly while ranging from high humor to the blackest dread, this is an original, astonishingly smart and expertly entertaining meditation on imagination and its powers; one of the very finest works of Straub's long career, it's a sure bet for future award nominations." -- Publishers Weekly "Popular fiction of an intriguingly high order, deftly exploring how imagination not only draws on reality but can actually shape it." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "A fascinating jumble of fantasy and reality." -- BookPage "Straub's truly twisted talent for weirdness takes off into a full-blown hurricane of reality-bending, mind-boggling proportions. . . . This book will really unravel your brains. Definitely a must-read." -- Realms of Fantasy "This must-read horror tale is simply incredible in every way. Tender, dark, and simmering with a wry irony that is just plain inspired, it's the perfect book for a cold autumn afternoon." -- New Mystery Reader "Yet another brilliant piece of work by a writer who should long ago have been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award." -- Amazing Stories
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisIn his latest soul-chilling novel, bestselling author Peter Straub tells of a famous children's book author who, in the wake of a grotesque accident, realizes that the most basic facts of her existence, including her existence itself, have come into question. Willy Patrick, the respected author of the award-winning young-adult novel In the Night Room , thinks she is losing her mind-again. One day, she is drawn helplessly into the parking lot of a warehouse. She knows somehow that her daughter, Holly, is being held in the building, and she has an overwhelming need to rescue her. But what Willy knows is impossible, for her daughter is dead. On the same day, author Timothy Underhill, who has been struggling with a new book about a troubled young woman, is confronted with the ghost of his nine-year-old sister, April. Soon after, he begins to receive eerie, fragmented e-mails that he finally realizes are from people he knew in his youth-people now dead. Like his sister, they want urgently to tell him something. When Willy and Timothy meet, the frightening parallels between Willy's tragic loss and the story in Tim's manuscript suggest that they must join forces to confront the evils surrounding them., In his latest soul-chilling novel, bestselling author Peter Straub tells of a famous children's book author who, in the wake of a grotesque accident, realizes that the most basic facts of her existence, including her existence itself, have come into question. Willy Patrick, the respected author of the award-winning young-adult novel "In the Night Room," thinks she is losing her mind-again. One day, she is drawn helplessly into the parking lot of a warehouse. She knows somehow that her daughter, Holly, is being held in the building, and she has an overwhelming need to rescue her. But what Willy knows is impossible, for her daughter is dead. On the same day, author Timothy Underhill, who has been struggling with a new book about a troubled young woman, is confronted with the ghost of his nine-year-old sister, April. Soon after, he begins to receive eerie, fragmented e-mails that he finally realizes are from people he knew in his youth-people now dead. Like his sister, they want urgently to tell him something. When Willy and Timothy meet, the frightening parallels between Willy's tragic loss and the story in Tim's manuscript suggest that they must join forces to confront the evils surrounding them. "From the Hardcover edition.", WINNER OF THE BRAM STOKER AWARD * After a grotesque accident, a famous author discovers that her reality is not what it seems in this "imaginative, intricate, and electrifying" (Associated Press) horror novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story . "A powerful and arresting foray into the dark fantastic."-- The Washington Post Book World Willy Patrick, respected author of the award-winning young adult novel In the Night Room, thinks she is losing her mind. She is drawn helplessly into the parking lot of a warehouse, knowing somehow that her daughter, Holly, is being held in the building. But this is impossible--Willy's daughter is dead. On that same day, author Timothy Underhill, who has been struggling with a new book about a troubled young woman, is confronted with the ghost of his nine-year-old sister, April. Soon after, he begins to receive eerie, fragmented emails from people he knew in his youth--people now dead. Like his sister, they want urgently to tell him something. When Willy and Tim meet, the frightening parallels between Willy's tragic loss and the story in Tim's manuscript suggest that they must join forces to confront the evils surrounding them., In this Bram Stoker Award-winning chiller, a children's book author discovers frightening parallels between her loss and a manuscript by a struggling horror writer, who suggests they must join forces to confront the evils surrounding them.
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