Mr. Shivers
It is the time of the Great Depression.Thousands have left their homes looking for a better life, a new life. But Marcus Connelly is not one of them. He searches for one thing, and one thing only. Revenge.Because out there, riding the rails, stalking the camps, is the scarred vagrant who murdered...
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It is the time of the Great Depression.Thousands have left their homes looking for a better life, a new life. But Marcus Connelly is not one of them. He searches for one thing, and one thing only. Revenge.Because out there, riding the rails, stalking the camps, is the scarred vagrant who murdered Connelly's daughter. No one knows him, but everyone knows his name: Mr. Shivers. In this extraordinary debut, Robert Jackson Bennett tells the story of an America haunted by murder and desperation. A world in which one man must face a dark truth and answer the question-how much is he willing to sacrifice for his satisfaction?
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780316054683 (0316054682)
Publish date: January 15th 2010
Publisher: Orbit
Pages no: 327
Edition language: English
When his daughter is killed senselessly by a disfigured drifter named Mr. Shivers, Marcus Connelly travels across the Despression-stricken country for vengeance in the company of several hobos, each with a reason for wanting Mr. Shivers dead...This tale of death in the Dustbowl was an odd animal to ...
A bit slow. Too straightforward and predictable.
What starts out as a straightforward story set in the dustbowl of the Great Depression turns into something far more surreal and menacing.Connolly is hunting a scarred man that killed his daughter across the heat and dust of the American dustbowl. The hobos he meets along the way have tales to tell ...
I am vacillating between three and four stars on this one. Robert Jackson Bennett has written a thoughtful horror novel that captures the desperation of the Great Depression and explores our own ambivalence about death and misfortune. It is perhaps too thoughtful. Those looking for an action packed ...
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