{"product_id":"1046860","title":"20Th Century Ghosts: Featuring The Black Phone And Other Stories","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e20Th Century Ghosts: Featuring The Black Phone And Other Stories\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA superb collection of short stories from an award-winning author.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImogene is young, beautiful, kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead, the legendary ghost of the Rosebud Theater.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArthur Roth is a lonely kid with a head full of big ideas and a gift for getting his ass kicked. It's hard to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. Francis is unhappy, picked on; he doesn't have a life, a hope, a chance. Francis was human once, but that's behind him now. John Finney is in trouble. The kidnapper locked him in a basement, a place stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. With him, in his subterranean cell, is an antique phone, long since disconnected...but it rings at night, anyway, with calls from the dead...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet these and a dozen more, in 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS, irresistible, addictive fun showcasing a dazzling new talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Each of these chilling tales arrests you from the opening sentence and leads you - trustingly, thanks to the simple mastery of the story-teller - into a place of gulping fear.' - DAILY MAIL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[An] inventive collection . . . brave and astute.' - NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hill's best stories veer away from the well-trodden creep shows and back alleys of genre writing into more dangerous territory: suburban basements, ball fields and schoolyards.' - WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hill's stories are visceral and nasty in places, but never gratuitous. The collection as a whole is polished and well written. Even the most macabre themes are handled exceptionally well, so one story ever feels exploitative or trashy. Joe Hill is definitely one to watch.' - SCI-FI NOW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fully developed characters with complex emotional lives enhance the 14 stories in Joe Hill's extraordinary collection ... There's not a false note or disappointing effort in this volume.' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The collection of short stories ranges from creepy to sweet, with an impressive arsenal of tactics to attack your psyche.' - BOSTON GLOBE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[Hill] displays consummate skill in a variety of genres . . . Amusing, moving, horrifying-Ghosts runs the full spectrum.' - USA TODAY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Alternately sad, scary, strange and at times even sweet, these tales will haunt you long after you've read them.' - PARADE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the best [horror] collections of the year. Hill is a relative newcomer who consistently creates creepy, very disturbing stories' - LOCUS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The selections range from the mundane to the surreal, with a strong emphasis on the kind of horror tale perfected by Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub and Stephen King.' - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hill's stories are visceral and nasty in places, but never gratuitous. The collection as a whole is polished and well written. Even the most macabre themes are handled exceptionally well, so one story ever feels exploitative or trashy. Joe Hill is definitely one to watch.' - Ross Sutcliffe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIFICATIONS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003eJoe Hill - Джо Хилл\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003eOrion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e2008\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e400 pst\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e131 mm \/ 5,2'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e197 mm \/ 7,8'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e314 g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e9780575083080\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45920683131018,"sku":"1046860","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0643\/1070\/6314\/files\/20Th_Century_Ghosts_Featuring_The_Black_Phone_And_Other_Stories_Joe_Hill_-_9780575083080-1.jpg?v=1728642705","url":"https:\/\/bookstoreint.com\/products\/1046860","provider":"Bookstore International","version":"1.0","type":"link"}