A Good and Happy Child: A Novel
by Evans, Justin
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0307351289
- ISBN 13
- 9780307351289
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Synopsis
A brilliant debut novel - part psychological thriller, part literary horror story: think The Secret History meets The ExorcistGeorge Davies has a problem: he can't bring himself to hold his newborn son. Desperate to save his dwindling marriage and redeem himself as a father and husband, George visits a therapist and begins to delve into the childhood memories that may be the root of his issues. Ten-year-old George, in the wake of his father's harrowing and unexpected death, is experiencing ominous visions – some friendly, others outright terrifying. Unable to control those visions, George starts to display erratic behaviour and eventually becomes violent. When a mysterious murder is ultimately revealed, the stakes are suddenly much higher for him and his family. Are the visions just the product of a grief-stricken child's overactive imagination? Symptoms of mental illness? Or is ten-year-old George possessed by a darker, more malevolent force?
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- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C53191
- Title
- A Good and Happy Child: A Novel
- Author
- Evans, Justin
- Book Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0307351289
- ISBN 13
- 9780307351289
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- April 22, 2008
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