Horns - Softcover

Hill, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061147966 ISBN 13: 9780061147968

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2011

Synopsis

Joe Hill's critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning debut chiller, Heart-Shaped Box, heralded the arrival of new royalty onto the dark fantasy scene. With Horns, he polishes his well-deserved crown. A twisted, terrifying new novel of psychological and supernatural suspense, Horns is a devilishly original triumph for the Ray Bradbury Fellowship recipient whose story collection, 20th Century Ghosts, was also honored with a Bram Stoker Award--and whose emotionally powerful and macabre work has been praised by the New York Times as, "wild, mesmerizing, perversely witty...a Valentine from hell."

About this title

Review:

"Hill's one incredibly talented writer with a wicked sense of humor and a master's control of pacing."--Bookgasm.com

"Brilliant in conception...HORNS is a rollercoaster of a work filled with thrills and chills."--Bookreporter.com

"A satisfying and entertaining book."--www.npr.org on HORNS

"As the plot builds through flashbacks and clever exposition, Ig's true nature reveals itself, and the reader is left questioning the traditional border between good and evil....Highly recommended, particularly for fans of Clive Barker and Christopher Moore."--Library Journal

"[Horns is] devilishly good. . . . Hill is a terrific writer with a great imagination. He has a special talent for taking us and his characters to very weird places."--USA Today

"On the strength of two masterly thrillers--2007's Heart Shaped-Box and his newest Horns--Hill has emerged as one of America's finest horror writers."--Time magazine

"The wise guys point out that the literature of horror fantasy tends to be both romantic and conservative. Normalcy is idealized and so precious that its violation is the essence of horror. Joe Hill's sweet, fanged demonology takes us there."--Oregonian

"[D]evilishly good...Hill is a terrificwriter with a greatimagination. He has a special talent for taking us and his characters to very weird places."--Wilmington News Journal

"[A] compulsively readable supernatural thriller...Hill spins a story that's both morbidly amusing and emotionally resonant. The explanations for Ig's weird travails won't satisfy every reader, but few will dispute that Hill has negotiated the sophomore slump."--Publishers Weekly

"HORNS should bring even more fans to Joe Hill . . . he has his own style, and it is very accessible as well as fast-moving. . . . HORNS is a fast-paced, fascinating murder mystery/love story with a dash of the devil himself to spice things up."--DreadCentral.com [horror entertainment review website]

Book Description:

The NEW YORK TIMES-bestselling author of HEART-SHAPED BOX returns with HORNS: a relentless new supernatural thriller.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0061147966
• ISBN 13: 9780061147968
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416