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A dark matter : a novel, Peter Straub

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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 body and 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 it's 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 group?s 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
Language
eng
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1st Anchor books mass market ed.
Extent
588 pages
Isbn
9781400096725
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A dark matter : a novel
Title
A dark matter
Title remainder
a novel
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Peter Straub
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Language
eng
Summary
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 body and 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 it's 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 group?s 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
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1943-2022
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Straub, Peter
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no index present
Literary form
fiction
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Narrator: Robertson Dean (Amer.)
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  • High school students
  • Psychic trauma
  • Rites and ceremonies
  • Good and evil
  • Nineteen sixties
  • Madison (Wis.)
  • Élèves du secondaire
  • Traumatisme psychique
  • Rites et cérémonies
  • Good and evil
  • High school students
  • Nineteen sixties
  • Psychic trauma
  • Rites and ceremonies
  • Wisconsin
  • High school students
  • Rites and ceremonies
  • Good and evil
  • Nineteen sixties
  • Madison (Wis.)
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A dark matter : a novel, Peter Straub
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
606763695
Dimensions
17 cm
Edition
1st Anchor books mass market ed.
Extent
588 pages
Isbn
9781400096725
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
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WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 100
System control number
(OCoLC)606763695
Label
A dark matter : a novel, Peter Straub
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
606763695
Dimensions
17 cm
Edition
1st Anchor books mass market ed.
Extent
588 pages
Isbn
9781400096725
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 100
System control number
(OCoLC)606763695

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