A Head Full of Ghosts - Hardcover

Tremblay, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062363239 ISBN 13: 9780062363237

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2015

Synopsis

A chilling domestic drama that blends psychological suspense with a touch of modern horror from a new, brilliantly imaginative masterThe lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia.To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's bizarre outbursts and subsequent descent into madness. As their home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts' plight for a reality television show. With John, Marjorie's father, out of work for more than a year and medical bills looming, the family reluctantly agrees to be filmed never imagining that The Possession would become an instant hit. When events in the Barrett household explode in tragedy, the show and the incidents it captures become the stuff of urban legend.Fifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie's younger sister, Merry. As she recalls those long-ago events from her childhood she was just eight years old painful memories and long-buried secrets that clash with the television broadcast and the Internet blogs begin to surface. A mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising disturbing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil.A Head Full of Ghosts is a terrifying tale told with inventive literary flair and unrelenting suspense that craftily, cannily, and inexorably builds to a truly shocking ending."

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Review:

"Tremblay expertly ratchets up the suspense until the tension is almost at its breaking point."--Kirkus Reviews

"A Head Full of Ghosts scared the living hell out of me, and I'm pretty hard to scare."--Stephen King

"Paul Tremblay's terrific A Head Full of Ghosts generates a haze of an altogether more serious kind: the pleasurable fog of calculated, perfectly balanced ambiguity."--New York Times Book Review

..".progressively gripping and suspenseful -- (Tremblay's) ultimate, bloodcurdling revelation is as sickeningly satisfying as it is masterful."--NPR Books

"[B]rilliantly creepy."--Library Journal

"The novel is stylishly written and well-conceived."--Booklist

"Gripping and truly scary, this book feels of the moment in a way few thrillers do."--B&N Reads

"[A] scary story, indeed."--BookPage

"A mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising disturbing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil."--Buzzfeed

"[A] creepy, interesting read, great for horror fans."--SFRevu

Book Description:

A chilling thriller that brilliantly blends psychological suspense and supernatural horror, reminiscent of Stephen King's The Shining, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0062363239
• ISBN 13: 9780062363237
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 286