{"product_id":"grip-of-it-book-jac-jemc-9780374536916","title":"The Grip of It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the\u003ci\u003e Chicago Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eFiction Award, Dan Chaon's Best of 2017 pick in \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, one of \u003ci\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2017, a \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Looking Back on 2017: Literature Pick, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eone of Vulture's 10 Best Thriller Books of 2017.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJac Jemc's \u003ci\u003eThe Grip of It\u003c\/i\u003e is a chilling literary horror novel about a young couple haunted by their newly purchased home\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTouring their prospective suburban home, Julie and James are stopped by a noise. Deep and vibrating, like throat singing. Ancient, husky, and rasping, but underwater. That's just the house settling, the real estate agent assures them with a smile. He is wrong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe move--prompted by James's penchant for gambling and his general inability to keep his impulses in check--is quick and seamless; both Julie and James are happy to start afresh. But this house, which sits between a lake and a forest, has its own plans for the unsuspecting couple. As Julie and James try to establish a sense of normalcy, the home and its surrounding terrain become the locus of increasingly strange happenings. The framework-- claustrophobic, riddled with hidden rooms within rooms--becomes unrecognizable, decaying before their eyes. Stains are animated on the wall--contracting, expanding--and map themselves onto Julie's body in the form of painful, grisly bruises. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike the house that torments the troubled married couple living within its walls, \u003ci\u003eThe Grip of It \u003c\/i\u003eoozes with palpable terror and skin-prickling dread. Its architect, Jac Jemc, meticulously traces Julie and James's unsettling journey through the depths of their new home as they fight to free themselves from its crushing grip.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49512813887761,"sku":"GOR008938639","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49633513439505,"sku":"CIN0374536910VG","price":6.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49770160029969,"sku":"CIN0374536910A","price":5.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50429113729297,"sku":"GOR009756140","price":11.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51001866748177,"sku":"NIN9780374536916","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51579497283857,"sku":"GOR010181679","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52103681933585,"sku":"CIN0374536910G","price":5.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0374536910.jpg?v=1751453730","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/grip-of-it-book-jac-jemc-9780374536916","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}