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A dark matter : a novel / Peter Straub.
Years after a 1960s religious guru's clandestine activities with his most fervent acolytes results in a grisly murder, a man struggles to make sense of what happened to his wife and friends by writing a book for which he asks former followers to relive their experiences.
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- ISBN: 9780385516389 (hc)
- ISBN: 9781400096725 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 038551638X
- Physical Description: 397 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c2010.
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| Genre: | Horror fiction. Suspense fiction. |
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- 7 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Elkford Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Elkford Public Library | FC STR (Text) | 35170000304782 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Old friends try to come to grips with the darkness of the past--a secret ritual that left behind a gruesomely dismembered body--and find themselves face-to-face with the evil they helped create. - Baker & Taylor
Years after a 1960s religious guru's clandestine activities with his most fervent acolytes results in a grisly murder, a man struggles to make sense of what happened to his wife and friends by writing a book for which he asks former followers to relive their experiences. - Random House, Inc.
The incomparable master of horror and suspense returns with a powerful, brilliantly terrifying novel that redefines the genre in original and unexpected ways.
The charismatic and cunning Spenser Mallon is a campus guru in the 1960s, attracting the devotion and demanding sexual favors of his young acolytes. After he invites his most fervent followers to attend a secret ritual in a local meadow, the only thing that remains is a gruesomely dismembered bodyâand the shattered souls of all who were present.
Years later, one man attempts to understand what happened to his wife and to his friends by writing a book about this horrible night, and itâs through this process that they begin to examine the unspeakable events that have bound them in ways they cannot fathom, but that have haunted every one of them through their lives. As each of the old friends tries to come to grips with the darkness of the past, they find themselves face-to-face with the evil triggered so many years earlier. Unfolding through the individual stories of the fated groupâs members, A Dark Matter is an electric, chilling, and unpredictable novel that will satisfy Peter Straub's many ardent fans, and win him legions more.
