The Ghost Writer - by John Harwood (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this Victorian ghost story, Gerard Freeman lives for just two things: his elusive pen pal Alice and a story by his great-grandmother Viola that hints at his mother's role in a sinister crime. More family tales show just how dangerous skeletons--and stories--can be.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>A tantalizing tale of suspense and family secrets that weaves Victorian ghost stories into the present--where they start to come true</i> <p/> Timid, solitary librarian Gerard Freeman lives for just two things: his elusive pen pal Alice and a story he found hidden in his mother's drawer years ago. Written by his great-grandmother Viola, it hints at his mother's role in a sinister crime. And as he discovers more of Viola's chilling tales, he realizes that they might hold the key to finding Alice and unveiling his family's mystery--or will they bring him the untimely death they seem to foretell? <p/> Harwood's astonishing, assured debut shows us just how dangerous family skeletons--and stories--can be. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>THE GHOST STORY COMES ALIVE IN A SPELLBINDING FIRST NOVEL <BR>"Gerard is a timid librarian whose only real friend is his pen pal, a beautiful Englishwoman named Alice, who is, sadly, confined to a wheelchair after a horrific car accident. They've been sending passionate letters to each other since they were 13, but they've never actually met. In fact, Alice refuses to let Gerard come to visit her. Does she have some connection to Gerard's creepy, semi-insane mom, who's also English? And to those Victorian horror tales that Gerard keeps stumbling across? What's she hiding, anyway? The answers are yes, yes, and wait and see. . . ." - Time Magazine <BR>"It begins, as good ghost stories should, not in the dark, not in a haunted house, but in a stuffy and silent room scented with perfume and mothballs . . . We are drawn compulsively into his web of threads." -- Ruth Rendell, Sunday Times (London) <BR>"A first-class creeper." --The Boston Globe <BR>"Intricate and engrossing. . . . One ghoulishly absorbing read." - Entertainment Weekly <BR>"Harwood switches styles with astonishing finesse: V.H.'s Victorian ghost stories are flawless in tone." -- San Jose Mercury News <BR>"A chilling tale sure to make your spine shiver on even the hottest summer day." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel <BR>JOHN HARWOOD grew up in Hobart, Australia, and studied literature and philosophy at the universities of Tasmania and Cambridge. He has published biography, political journalism, satire, and poetry.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A fabulous, very spooky ghost story in the classic mode that will remind some people of A.S. Byatt's Possession. <p/>--Laura Miller "Talk of the Nation"<br><br>An elegant homage to the Victorian ghost story tradition. Like Dickens's The Pickwick Papers, Harwood makes your flesh creep.<br>-- "The Times of London"<br><br>An exceptionally inventive first novel.<br>-- "The Weekend Australian"<br><br>As a mystery, The Ghost Writer is irresistible, pushing all the genre's gothic buttons and casting a convincingly Dickensian pall. <br>-- "The Guardian"<br><br>By the last page, all loose ends have been tied up, but the uncanny still clings to everything.<br>--Laura Miller "Salon.com"<br><br>Combines suspense that keeps readers up with a literary voice that allows them to respect themselves in the morning. <br>-- "Publishers Weekly"<br><br>Harwood has written a smart, stylish and mesmerizing book.<br>-- "Washington Post Book World"<br><br>Sly nods to spooky literary spinsters - James' Miss Jessel, Dickens's Miss Havisham - set the tone for this confident debut.<br>-- "PW"<br><br>You can't help being dazzled by Harwood's inventiveness, especially his sure-footed mastery of prose style. [An] entertainingly accomplished first novel. <br>-- "San Jose Mercury News"<br><br>''The Ghost Writer, is a first-class creeper, a literary ghost story in the Victorian tradition.<br>-- "Boston Globe"<br><br>A compelling ghost story and an auspicious debut.<br>-- "Denver Post"<br><br>A creepy literary mystery. A terrific debut, very accomplished and assured. <br>-- "Murder Ink Bookstore Newsletter"<br><br>Compulsively readable. A wonderful debut, evoking a century's worth of family history, by a multitalented and artistically ambidextrous newcomer. <br>-- "Kirkus"<br><br>Harwood's debut is a haunting literary gothic, a slow-building suspense thriller. Lyrical, labrynthine. An atmospheric paranormal thriller with many surprises.<br>-- "Booklist"<br><br>Intricate and engrossing. Harwood raises the ghost of the Victorian ghost story. One ghoulishly absorbing read. B+. <p/>-- "Entertainment Weekly"<br><br>PRAISE FOR THE GHOST WRITER <br>[Harwood's] novel is an homage, a Victorian ghost story that honors the likes of Dickens and Henry James . . . A smart, stylish and mesmerizing book.-THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD <p/>Does [Alice] have some connection to Gerard's creepy, semi-insane mom? And to those Victorian horror tales that Gerard keeps stumbling across? What's she hiding, anyway? The answers are yes, yes, and wait and see . . . It's like A. S. Byatt's Possession. But without all that distracting poetry.-TIME <br><br><br>Spooky and gripping, a chilling tale sure to make your spine shiver on even the hottest summer day. <br>-- "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"<br><br>The Ghost Writer is a grand Victorian tale in which Gerard becomes increasingly certain something wicked his way comes. <br>-- "New York Daily News" (7/4/2004 12:00:00 AM)<br>
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