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Paperbacks from Hell

The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

Grady Hendrix

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Quirk Books
27 November 2017
SEE the amazing vintage book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, knife-wielding killer crabs! READ the shocking plots involving devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate! LEARN the stories of long-forgotten creators as well as familiar names like V.C. Andrews and Anne Rice. Horror author and vintage paperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that tried so hard to be the next Exorcist or Rosemary's Baby. It's an affectionate, nostalgic, and unflinching tour through the horror fiction boom of the seventies and eighties, complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles. Plus recommendations for which of these forgotten treasures are well worth your reading time...and which should stay buried.

From the New York Times best-selling authorof The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires comes a nostalgic and unflinchingly funny celebration of the horror fiction boom of the 1970s and '80s.

Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of two iconic decades . . . if you dare. Page through dozens and dozens of amazing book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, and knife-wielding killer crabs! Read shocking plot summaries that invoke devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate!

Horror author and vintage paperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that tried so hard to be the next Exorcist or Rosemary's Baby. Complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles, this unforgettable volume dishes on familiar authors like V. C. Andrews and R. L. Stine, plus many more who've faded into obscurity.

Also included are recommendations for which of these forgotten treasures are well worth your reading time and which should stay buried.
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Imprint:   Quirk Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 253mm,  Width: 179mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   970g
ISBN:   9781594749810
ISBN 10:   1594749817
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Grady Hendrix is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of Horrorst r, My Best Friend's Exorcism (which is being adapted into a feature film by Amazon Studios), We Sold Our Souls, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, and The Final Girl Support Group. Grady also authored the Bram Stoker Award-winning nonfiction book Paperbacks from Hell and These Fists Break Bricks- How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World.

Reviews for Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

Pure, demented delight. --The New York Times Book Review Paperbacks from Hell is as funny as it is engaging. --The Washington Post The book is a true appreciation of the genre. --Los Angeles Times Just thumbing through these pages will bring back your youth--and terrify you all over again. --Newsday A loving examination of lurid pulp book covers from the 1970s and '80s. --Atlas Obscura Paperbacks from Hell is as wild as its source material. --The A.V. Club [Paperbacks from Hell] will delight anyone with an interest in horror, design illustration, or the macabre. --Print Magazine A nostalgic treat. --Playboy Online You may find yourself trying to stock up on old titles so you can get your fill of gloriously trashy scares. --Bustle [Hendrix's] love of the genre shines through as he pokes gentle fun at some of the era's more entertaining reads, and speaks with genuine appreciation of other titles whose horrors stand the test of time. --BookRiot More praise for Grady Hendrix: National treasure Grady Hendrix follows his classic account of a haunted IKEA-like furniture showroom, Horrorstor (2014), with a nostalgia-soaked ghost story, My Best Friend's Exorcism. --The Wall Street Journal, on My Best Friend's Exorcism Horrorstoer delivers a crisp terror-tale...[and] Hendrix strikes a nice balance between comedy and horror. --The Washington Post, on Horrorstoer Terrific... Sharply written... [My Best Friend's Exorcism] makes a convincing case for [Hendrix's] powers as a sharp observer of human behavior. --The A.V. Club, on My Best Friend's Exorcism Hendrix's darkest novel yet will leave readers begging for an encore. --Booklist, starred review, on We Sold Our Souls Campy. Heartfelt. Horrifying. --Minnesota Public Radio, on My Best Friend's Exorcism An inventive, hilarious haunted house tale. --Bustle, on Horrorstoer Clever, heartfelt, and get-under-your-skin unnerving. --Fangoria, on My Best Friend's Exorcism A good, creepy, music-tinged thriller. --CNET, on We Sold Our Souls


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