The Living One: A Gothic Thriller - Softcover

Gannett, Lewis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452271347 ISBN 13: 9780452271340

Publisher: Plume, 1994

Synopsis

This Lambda nominated thriller offers the story of a boy, caught in an unimaginably chilling nightmare--a world of magic, body theivery, killer dogs, ESP wars, and lusty, genre-defying sex--where he discovers the horrors--literally--of his ancestry and himself.

About this title

From Library Journal:

After a ten-year estrangement, Malcolm Spoor wishes to spend a few months with his teenaged son Torrance and invites him to live at the estate he has purchased in New England. Malcolm's reason is bizarre: he claims that he is the victim of a family curse and that he will go insane and die before he reaches the age of 50. Good-natured Torrance thinks this is a ruse to gain sympathy; he agrees to the visit but soon suspects his father may be losing his mind. Torrance sees him spending most of his time locked away in his office, screaming and raging at people who never answer, and learns with horror and anger that Malcolm is using hidden cameras to record Torrance's every move. Something is indeed very wrong at the Spoor estate, but it is Torrance, not Malcolm, who is slated for death--or something even worse. Author Gannett quite effectively uses the device of telling the tale through the letters, diaries, and school assignments of several of the characters. A sometimes shocking, always intriguing first novel.
- A.M.B. Amantia, Population Crisis Committee Lib., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

This overdone, genre-bending first novel about a rich kid imprisoned in his father's gothic estate sacrifices storytelling for special effects.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0452271347
• ISBN 13: 9780452271340
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400