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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Joe Hill , Christopher GoldenPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint: Collins Edition: Large type / large print edition Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.585kg ISBN: 9780061649455ISBN 10: 0061649457 Pages: 528 Publication Date: 01 July 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews[An] inventive collection . . . brave and astute. --New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) Alternately sad, scary, strange and at times even sweet, these tales will haunt you long after you've read them. --Parade [A] lovely, earnest collection of short fiction. --Village Voice [A] new take on the fantasy-horror genre...Highly recommended. --The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia) [O]ne of the best [horror] collections of the year. Hill is a relative newcomer who consistently creates creepy, very disturbing stories. --Locus Each tale is unique, and the collection proves that Hill's talent is not limited to horror, but extends well into the mainstream. --Denver Rocky Mountain News 20th Century Ghosts is Hill's first collection of short stories and displays consummate skill in a variety of genres . . . Amusing, moving, horrifying--Ghosts runs the full spectrum. --USA Today [An] inventive collection . . . brave and astute. --New York Times Book Review Fully developed characters with complex emotional lives enhance the 14 stories in Joe Hill's extraordinary collection, 20th Century Ghosts. There's not a false note or disappointing effort in this volume. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Hill's best stories veer away from the well-trodden creep shows and back alleys of genre writing into more dangerous territory: suburban basements, ball fields and schoolyards. --Washington Post The collection of short stories ranges from creepy to sweet, with an impressive arsenal of tactics to attack your psyche. --Boston Globe [O]ne of the best [horror] collections of the year. Hill is a relative newcomer who consistently creates creepy, very disturbing stories. -- Locus Author InformationJoe Hill is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Fireman, NOS4A2, Horns, and Heart-Shaped Box; Strange Weather, a collection of novellas; and the acclaimed story collections Full Throttle and 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the Eisner Award-winning writer of a seven-volume comic book series, Locke & Key. Much of his work has been adapted for film and TV, including NOS4A2 (AMC), Locke & Key (Netflix), In the Tall Grass (Netflix), and The Black Phone (Blumhouse). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |