Head Full of Ghosts

Paul Tremblay

$19.99

Paperback

In stock
Ready to ship

QTY:

English

Titan Books
01 January 2017

Horror & ghost stories; Crime ; Medical; Possession; Thriller Horror; Contemporary Horror

The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia.

To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's descent into madness. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts' plight. With John, Marjorie's father, out of work for more than a year and the medical bills looming, the family agrees to be filmed, and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality television show. When events in the Barrett household explode in tragedy, the show and the shocking incidents it captures become the stuff of urban legend.

Fifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie's younger sister, Merry. As she recalls those long ago events that took place when she was just eight years old, long-buried secrets and painful memories that clash with what was broadcast on television begin to surface - and a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising vexing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil.

By: Paul Tremblay
Imprint: Titan Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm,
ISBN: 9781785653674
ISBN 10: 1785653679
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 01 January 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Tremblay is a multiple Bram Stoker Award finalist and author of the crime novels The Little Sleep and No Sleep Till Wonderland. He has served as the president of the board of directors of the Shirley Jackson Awards, and his essays and short fiction have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and numerous year's-best anthologies. He has a master's degree in mathematics and lives outside Boston with his wife and two children.

Reviews for Head Full of Ghosts

A Head Full of Ghosts scared the living hell out of me, and I'm pretty hard to scare. Stephan King. Weather psychological or supernatural, this is a work of deviously subtle horror. Publishers Weekly (starred review) on A Head Full of Ghosts.