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Michael McDowell was a very popular paperback novelist in the 1980s and 90s, though he never really became a household name. The six-volume Blackwater series is, perhaps, his magnum opus. He published one book per month for six months, long before Stephen King repeated the feat with The Green Mile. McDowell's brand of horror is understated, demure, leisurely. The series covers the lifespan of one complete generation of the Caskey family in Perdido, Alabama. The family is "infiltrated" by Eleanor, who becomes the matriarch, but whose affinity for water, and more specifically for the river that flows through Perdido, leads to some very strange deaths. The series starts slowly, in the aftermath of a great flood in 1929, but picks up speed and interest in ensuing books, until the next great flood long predicted by Eleanor Caskey. McDowell died in 1999, leaving behind an incomplete manuscript for a book called Candles Burning. Tabitha King, wife of Stephen King, was invited to complete the novel, which is now out in hardcover. Revisit the Blackwater series--or visit it for the first time--and then step into McDowell's final work. You won't regret it.Vollständige Rezension lesen
These books are fantastic, there are 6 in the series and when you finish one you can't wait to start the next one. I was lucky and purchased all 6 on ebay - was going to resale - but have decided to keep so I can read again sometime. Michael McDowell is a great writer and I recommend this series, plus his other works.
This is a very subtle horror novel. Most of it reads like a soap opera, telling the story of one family from the 1920s through the 1960s, detailing children born, deaths and other purely family matters. Occasionally, though, strange things happen. People die in odd ways, strange creatures are sighted and odd things happen. It's very well written and always holds my attention. The ending is wonderful, which is rare for horror novels of today. All in all, one of the finest horror novels I've ever read. I wish some movie producer with vision would film this story.
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