The Sorrow King
Andersen Prunty,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Grindhouse Press
Andersen Prunty,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Grindhouse Press
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780982628164 (0982628161)
Publish date: April 26th 2011
Publisher: Grindhouse Press
Pages no: 296
Edition language: English
“Let strange things explain the strangeness.”There is something rotten in the small town of Gethsemane. Lurking in the shadows. Driving the students of the local High School to suicide. Hunting. Feeding off the sorrow of the town and threatening to destroy anyone and anything that stands in its way....
DO NOT RUN FROM THIS BOOK'S LURID COVER!The Sorrow King is a real find. my only other experience with the author - the extremely goofy The Sex Beast of Scurvy Island - was not the best introduction to Prunty. the man is talented and the novel is unusually sensitive and moving. the imagery is unearth...
4+ stars. Excellent story.
Is it just me or was there a bit of an IT feeling to this book. I did really enjoy this story and will read more of Prunty's work. And a comparison to the Great Mr. King is nothing to be embarrassed about! :)
The town of Gethsemane, Ohio, is rocked by a string of suicides that some are calling The Suicide Virus. Meanwhile, troubled young teenager Steven Wrigley meets the girl of his dreams. But does his new lady love have some sort of connection to the suicide plague?Some people seem to be afraid of th...
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