The Horned Man: A Novel by James Lasdun
"Unputdownable'.... A masterpiece of chilling, mesmerizing control."
The Horned Man
Summary
Lawrence Miller, an English expatriate and professor of gender studies, tells the story of what appears to be an elaborate conspiracy to frame him for a series of killings. The reader is drawn into a world of subtly deceptive appearances where the persecutor and victim continually shift roles.
The Horned Man Summary
The Horned Man Reviews
"Enormously inventive, superbly written."
"'Unputdownable'....A asterpiece of chilling, mesmerizing control."
"The book combines a narcotic literary ease with a knuckle-whitening tension--like a roller coaster rider taken on codeine."
"The Horned Man is not just a skillful thriller. Almost every sentence is a delight in its penetration, imagination, aptness....This is a black novel, but a beautiful one."
"'Unputdownable'....A asterpiece of chilling, mesmerizing control."
"The book combines a narcotic literary ease with a knuckle-whitening tension--like a roller coaster rider taken on codeine."
"The Horned Man is not just a skillful thriller. Almost every sentence is a delight in its penetration, imagination, aptness....This is a black novel, but a beautiful one."
Additional information
CIN0393003361G
9780393003369
0393003361
The Horned Man: A Novel by James Lasdun
Used - Good
Hardback
WW Norton & Co
2002-05-16
208
N/A
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