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The Ghost Writer Paperback - 2005
by Harwood, John
- Used
In this Victorian ghost story, Gerard Freeman lives for just two things: his elusive pen pal Alice and a story by his great-grandmother Viola that hints at his mother's role in a sinister crime. More family tales show just how dangerous skeletons--and stories--can be.
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Details
- Title The Ghost Writer
- Author Harwood, John
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 369
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-06-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # 52GZZZ01SHRW_ns
- ISBN 9780156032322 / 0156032325
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.28 x 1.01 in (20.37 x 13.41 x 2.57 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Mothers and sons, Psychological fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003024918
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
In this tantalizing tale of Victorian ghost stories and family secrets, timid, solitary librarian Gerard Freeman lives for just two things: his elusive pen pal Alice and a story he found hidden in his mother's drawer years ago. Written by his great-grandmother Viola, it hints at his mother's role in a sinister crime. As he discovers more of Viola's chilling tales, he realizes that they might hold the key to finding Alice and unveiling his family's mystery-or will they bring him the untimely death they seem to foretell?
Harwood's astonishing, assured debut shows us just how dangerous family skeletons-and stories-can be.
Harwood's astonishing, assured debut shows us just how dangerous family skeletons-and stories-can be.
From the jacket flap
"A tantalizing tale of family secrets hidden in spine-tingling ghost stories -- that have started to come true "
Growing up in a small Australian town, Gerard Freeman loves to hear his mother talk about her idyllic childhood in an English country manor. But she swears that she will never return to England, and refuses to tell him what happened to her family, though she is clearly terrified of some invisible yet ever-present threat. One hot afternoon, he waits until she is napping, then creeps into her bedroom to break open the drawer that s always locked, the one that he hopes holds all her secrets. . . .
Twenty years later, Gerard has not left home he works as a librarian but he lives for just two things: his English penfriend Alice, for whom he yearns with all his heart, and the ghost story he found in his mother s drawer all those years ago. Written by his great-grandmother Viola, it hints at the terrible crime that haunted his mother, and, finally, destroyed her. And as Viola s chilling tales lead him to London, Gerard realizes that the stories might hold the key to finding Alice as well as unveiling his family's mystery or are they leading him directly to the untimely death they seem to foretell?
Harwood s deliciously clever debut never loosens its grip on us as it moves from Gerard's present-day detective work to the macabre world of Viola's supernatural stories, from Australia to London, from the safety of books to the terror of a ghost story come alive. Astonishingly assured, compulsively readable, The Ghost Writer shows us just how dangerous family skeletons and stories -- can be.
"
Growing up in a small Australian town, Gerard Freeman loves to hear his mother talk about her idyllic childhood in an English country manor. But she swears that she will never return to England, and refuses to tell him what happened to her family, though she is clearly terrified of some invisible yet ever-present threat. One hot afternoon, he waits until she is napping, then creeps into her bedroom to break open the drawer that s always locked, the one that he hopes holds all her secrets. . . .
Twenty years later, Gerard has not left home he works as a librarian but he lives for just two things: his English penfriend Alice, for whom he yearns with all his heart, and the ghost story he found in his mother s drawer all those years ago. Written by his great-grandmother Viola, it hints at the terrible crime that haunted his mother, and, finally, destroyed her. And as Viola s chilling tales lead him to London, Gerard realizes that the stories might hold the key to finding Alice as well as unveiling his family's mystery or are they leading him directly to the untimely death they seem to foretell?
Harwood s deliciously clever debut never loosens its grip on us as it moves from Gerard's present-day detective work to the macabre world of Viola's supernatural stories, from Australia to London, from the safety of books to the terror of a ghost story come alive. Astonishingly assured, compulsively readable, The Ghost Writer shows us just how dangerous family skeletons and stories -- can be.
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Citations
- Ingram Advance, 06/01/2005, Page 82
- New York Times, 06/04/2006, Page 24