Minus Man - Softcover

McCreary, Lew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802136745 ISBN 13: 9780802136749

Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999

Synopsis

The Minus Man, adapted and directed by Hampton Fancher is being released as a film in fall 1999 starring Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, Mercedes Ruehl, Dwight Yoakam, and Sheryl Crow. Lew McCreary's brilliant, chilling novel enters the mind of a harmless drifter whose idea of intimacy is murder. Vann Siegert is by all appearances an ordinary man. With only his truck and a few possessions, he has moved cross-country to start a new life, taking a temporary holiday job at the post office in a small Massachusetts town. But when the urge calls him, Vann takes to the road-armed with a poisoned flask of liquor and a smile that strangers trust. Woe to those who accept his comfort-junkies, hitchhikers, a high school football star, Vann gathers his victims like moths to a flame. A harrowing journey inside the mind of a disquietingly compassionate psychopath, The Minus Man is an unforgettable literary experience and is sure to be one of the year's most talked-about movies.

About this title

From the Author:

Um, I'm hard-pressed to call it "humour"...
While there are occasional moments in my novel that I will readily admit are lighter than dark, most of the book is exceptionally (even joyously) creepy. It is the first-person tale of a serial poisoner, not to be confused with a laugh riot. I regard it as a benchmark of achieved intent that colleagues where I work will sometimes admit that, once they'd read the book, they became discomfited even to know me. So, please recategorize it in some other genre. Perhaps "morbidity & mortality"?

Synopsis:

An unsettling portrait of Vann Siegert, a quiet, fastidious part-time postal worker, journeys inside the mind of a serial killer whose grudge against humanity is transformed into lethal drinks that he shares with strangers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0802136745
• ISBN 13: 9780802136749
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256