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Peter straub s classic best seller is a work of superb horror washington post book world that, like any good ghost story, stands the test of time and conjures our darkest fears and nightmares. Mar 04, 2016 two years before i moved from michigan to california, i sat on the front porch of a house i shared with my two roommates, hal christiansen and rich demanincor a. Ghost story by peter straub booksamillion online book. Topics horror collection opensource language italian. Wealthy, middleaged women in an exclusive connecticut suburb. Ghost story for four aging men in the terrorstricken town of milburn, new york, an act inadvertently carried out in their youth has come back to. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Ghost story is widely considered to be peter straub s best novel and i can confirm its fantastic. It is well written, steady paced, and, for the most part, well narrated. Peter straub books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. Ghost story by straub, peter, 1943publication date. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Largely cloned from the classic night of the living dead, this is an overlong, lukewarm chiller with some superb moments. Ghost story is not, it turns out, about ghosts at all.
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The book was adapted into a film by the same name in 1981, minus the novels fifth protagonist character, lewis benedikt. Ghost story is a horror novel by american writer peter straub. Ghost story is a 1981 american supernatural horror film directed by john irvin and starring fred astaire, melvyn douglas, douglas fairbanks, jr. The book was adapted into a film by the same name in. Peter straub obviously set out to pay his respects to the genre and there are nods to hawthorne and james amongst others and he manages to include most of the ingredients for a classic. Free download or read online ghost story pdf epub book. Theres an elaborate, confusing framing device that never really clicks.
A few words i found by stephen king about this novel probably ghost story by peter straub is the best of the supernatural novels to be published in the wake of the three books that kicked off a. But if you enjoy an interesting, eerie story that slowly unfolds you will love this book. Ghost story by peter straub booksamillion online book store. Like with those novels, straub takes his sweet time building up his world, specifically the town of milburn and the history of the chowder society, but if you give. I wont go too much into the plot but theres a main overarching plot that also incorporates a few other shorter tales as straub has some fun and. I am very happy with the book and have listened to it a few times. The first edition of the novel was published in 1979, and was written by peter straub. Peter straub he is most famous for his books in the horrorsuspense genre, and was honored as a grand master at the 1998 world horror convention.
Peter straub was born in milwaukee, wisconsin on 2 march, 1943, the first of three sons of a salesman and a nurse. Among my recent victories was finally reading peter straubs ghost story 1979. Listen to ghost story audiobook by peter straub and buck schirner. Ghost story by straub, peter, 1943publication date 1979 publisher new york. Aug 28, 2008 buy ghost story by straub, peter from amazons fiction books store. Feb 08, 2015 the willows algernon blackwood classic horror audio book. It stands tall above everything else ive read from him, except perhaps floating dragon. The best of peter straub if you are looking for fastpaced horror this is not the book for you. Ghost story is widely considered to be peter straubs best novel and i can. Jul 10, 2015 after that, sink into the book that made straubs career. Ghost story by peter straub in epub, fb3, txt download ebook. It was published on january 1, 1979 by coward, mccann and geoghegan. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet.