one of the best ways to spend 31 October is by curling up with a creepy book, in a room lit by candles, with stiff drink and loaded revolver close at hand. Just in case.He has chosen books that :
are eerie, horrifying or disturbing in unusual and different ways.The list is:
Manual by Daren King
The Return of the Player by Michael Tolkin
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino
High-Rise by JG Ballard
The Body Artist by Don DeLillo
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The Vanished Man by Jeffery Deaver
Shirker by Chad Taylor
McManus says of Shirker:
Set in New Zealand, this tale of one man cheating death is one of the best crime novels I’ve ever read. Beautiful artful prose, a great, twisting noir story, and a seriously spooky, sexy atmosphere. You’ll feel all sorts of chills running along your spine.I am not familiar with the work of King and Tolkin but clearly with the other authors whose work I am familiar with – Greene, Ballard, Atwood, Calvino, DeLillo and Deaver – Chad is in very, very good company.
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