The Demonologist
by:
Andrew Pyper (author)
Paperback. Pub Date :2013-03-05 Language: English Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers Professor David Ullman is among the worlds leading authorities on demonic literature. Not that hes a believer. He sees what he teaches as a branch of the imagination and nothing more. So when...
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Paperback. Pub Date :2013-03-05 Language: English Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers Professor David Ullman is among the worlds leading authorities on demonic literature. Not that hes a believer. He sees what he teaches as a branch of the imagination and nothing more. So when offered a luxury trip to Venice to consult on a phenomenon. he accepts. taking his 11-year-old daughter Tess with him.Amidst the decadent splendour of the city. David makes his way to the address hes been asked to visit. What he witnesses in the tiny attic room shakes him to the core: a man restrained in a chair. clearly insane. But what David hears the man say is worse. The voice of his father. dead for 30 years. repeating the last words he ever spoke to his son. Words that have left scars - and a mystery - behind.Terrified. David is determined to leave with Tess as quickly as possible. ...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781476724164 (1476724164)
Publish date: March 5th 2013
Publisher: Simon & Schuster US
Pages no: 285
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Cultural,
Adult,
Thriller,
Horror,
Suspense,
Canada,
Mythology,
Supernatural,
Demons
Book: The Demonologist Author: Andrew Pyper Genre: Fiction/Thriller/Horror/Supernatural Summary: David Ullman is a literature professor at Columbia University, with special expertise on Paradise Lost. The epic poem about Satan and his court of fallen angels makes for a fascinating lecture, but...
Imagine reading about demons at 2 a.m. in the morning. You're alone at your bedroom. The night is eerily silent... and your cat makes noise all of a sudden just to keep you at the edge.That wasn't enough to scare me. Although "The Demonologist" is not a bad read, it was delivered in a way that just ...
I wasn't surprised at all to read in the author interview in the back of the book that the author is a fan of Stephen King. Literary horror, cerebral and fun.
One of my favorite horror reads of the year. Very literate with quite a bit of exploration of the literary source of demonic activity. I particularly enjoyed the discussion of how demonic entities enter into and control a person's life. Whether you attribute these influence to an intelligent enti...
A fast moving thriller with plenty of twists and turns. Even having never read Paradise Lost I could follow how it played a roll in this book. The ending, however felt a bit rushed. This is not my normal genre to read, so the rushed ending may be normal but I did not feel satisfied at the end, like ...
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