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PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100374222150

ISBN-139780374222154

eBay Product ID (ePID)2321646

Product Key Features

Book TitleNight Country

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

TopicGhost, General

GenreFiction

AuthorStewart O'nan

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight13.9 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-044765

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"InThe Night Country, Stewart O'Nan has concocted a twisted, mischievous little tale of the hereafter, told with his signature unlikely mix of meticulousness and brio. He is without question one of the strongest writers of our generation."--Jennifer Egan "On Halloween night, the anniversary of tragedy, three teenage ghosts tell a moving story of a tragic car crash. Only Stewart O'Nan has the audacity and skill to reveal the secrets of small town life in such a deft manner. The book rockets to its inevitable surprise like a high speed chase. The Night Country is a gothic novel for the twenty-first century."--Chris Offutt "The perfect ghost story for a contemporary Halloween,The Night Countryfollows its grousing, observant, funny teenage revenants from the graveyard to the Dunkin' Donuts and convenience stores of a wounded, well-off Connecticut town as they take care of some grim and unfinished business, demonstrating along the way that the horror novel and literature can live quite happily within a single set of covers."--Peter Straub "InThe Night Country, Stewart O'Nan crafts a po-mo version of Poe at his best. The unlucky band of teens who haunt the scenes of their lives and demise touchingly sift through the shimmering residue of the past as well as the countless ghostly narratives that saturate our still Gothic culture. The book is self-consciously creepy and that makes it even creepier. It is also heartstopping at the same time it is heartbreaking."--Michael Martone

Dewey Decimal813.54

SynopsisOne year following their deaths in a late-night car accident, teenagers Danielle, Marco, and Christopher return, in spirit, to the sleepy New England suburb of Avon. Over the course of the evening, the three will drift into and out of the lives of those who knew and were affected by them. None is more affected than Tim, survivor of the crash, who plots a grisly act of remembrance, and Brooks, the well-intentioned police officer who first discovered the crash and whose life has changed in startling ways since.

LC Classification NumberPS3565.N316N54 2003