The Girl in a Swing
2 journalers for this copy...
Tara and I braved the attic this weekend and pulled down six boxes of books that have been up there for about eight years.
From Amazon.com:
A haunting love story with a macabre twist, July 9, 1998
Reviewer: An Amazon.com Customer
Forget King, Straub, Herbert, Koontz, Andrews and all others illiterate horror writers of today. Here's a powerful, articulated voice that will reach deep down inside you and stir your emotions in a primal, archetypical level without stooping to clichés and formulas. Adam's "children's books" were full of truly frightening moments, but for all of us who love the macabre and admire the writer who is courageous enough to pursue his own personal demons while bringing us along for the ride, this is the book. The pair of "star-crossed lovers" he gives us are made of flesh and bones and their descent into horror is one of the most painful and moving in literature. The pathos evoked in the climax of the novel is, to my knowledge, unsurpassed in post-war american literature, regardless of genre. If you like your horror stories gripping and suspenseful but is more horrified by most of contemporary genre writers styles rather than their plots and skills, this is the book you've been searching for: poignant, elegant and very, very scary. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title
From Amazon.com:
A haunting love story with a macabre twist, July 9, 1998
Reviewer: An Amazon.com Customer
Forget King, Straub, Herbert, Koontz, Andrews and all others illiterate horror writers of today. Here's a powerful, articulated voice that will reach deep down inside you and stir your emotions in a primal, archetypical level without stooping to clichés and formulas. Adam's "children's books" were full of truly frightening moments, but for all of us who love the macabre and admire the writer who is courageous enough to pursue his own personal demons while bringing us along for the ride, this is the book. The pair of "star-crossed lovers" he gives us are made of flesh and bones and their descent into horror is one of the most painful and moving in literature. The pathos evoked in the climax of the novel is, to my knowledge, unsurpassed in post-war american literature, regardless of genre. If you like your horror stories gripping and suspenseful but is more horrified by most of contemporary genre writers styles rather than their plots and skills, this is the book you've been searching for: poignant, elegant and very, very scary. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title
After a little delay (an unauthorized trip behind my desk!), this is on it's way to Sunsign6!
Thank you for fufilling a wish casseytara! I have very much looked forward to reading this book, so it is close to the top of Mt. TBR.
