Horrorstor: A Novel

ISBN-13: 9781594745263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 1 str.

Grady Hendrix

Opis

Praise for the author: National treasureGrady Hendrixfollows his classic account of a haunted IKEA-like furniture showroom, Horrorstor(2014), with a nostalgia-soaked ghost story, My Best Friend s Exorcism. The Wall Street Journal
A traditional haunted house story in a thoroughly contemporary setting, Horrorstorcomes packaged in the form of a glossy mail order catalog, complete with product illustrations, a home delivery order form, and a map of Orsk s labyrinthine showroom. It s a treat for fans ofThe Evil DeadorZombieland, complete with affordable solutions for better living. Kirkus Reviews.
Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring bookshelves, shattered Glans water goblets, and smashed Liripip wardrobes. Sales are down, security cameras reveal nothing, and store managers are panicking.
To unravel the mystery, three employees volunteer to work a nine-hour dusk-till-dawn shift. In the dead of the night, they ll patrol the empty showroom floor, investigate strange sights and sounds, and encounter horrors that defy the imagination."

Recenzje

Horrorstör delivers a crisp terror-tale...[and] Hendrix strikes a nice balance between comedy and horror. TheWashington Post

Disarming. The Wall Street Journal

Wildly inventive...Hendrix delivers both a palm-sweating horror story and a laugh-out-loud satire of retail. Esquire

Highly giftable. Buzzfeed

Hendrix conjures up some wonderfully gruesome imagery. Nerdist

An inventive, hilarious haunted house tale. Bustle

Hendrix s one-of-a-kind novel is an innovative hybrid of ghost story and satire, at once clever, gruesome, and hilarious. Amazon Book Review
 
If you ve ever been frustrated trying to put together furniture from IKEA, you ll get a laugh out of Hendrix s spoof mystery. New York Post

Hendrix is an engaging writer. Santa Fe New Mexican

A clever little horror story...[and] a treat for fans of The Evil Dead or Zombieland, complete with affordable solutions for better living. Kirkus Reviews

A fun horror novel. Library Journal
 
A very clever ghost story. Booklist

The book s packaging as a catalog complete with illustrations of increasingly sinister-looking furniture with faux Scandinavian names gives it a charmingly oddball allure. Publishers Weekly

More praise for Grady Hendrix:
National treasure Grady Hendrix follows his classic account of a haunted IKEA-like furniture showroom, Horrorstor (2014), with a nostalgia-soaked ghost story, My Best Friend s Exorcism. The Wall Street Journal, on My Best Friend s Exorcism

Pure, demented delight. The New York Times Book Review, on Paperbacks from Hell

Terrific... Sharply written... [My Best Friend s Exorcism] makes a convincing case for [Hendrix s] powers as a sharp observer of human behavior. The A.V. Club, on My Best Friend s Exorcism

Hendrix s darkest novel yet will leave readers begging for an encore. Booklist, starred review, on We Sold Our Souls

A true appreciation of the genre. Los Angeles Times, on Paperbacks from Hell

Campy. Heartfelt. Horrifying. Minnesota Public Radio, on My Best Friend s Exorcism

Clever, heartfelt, and get-under-your-skin unnerving. Fangoria, on My Best Friend s Exorcism

A good, creepy, music-tinged thriller. CNET, on We Sold Our Souls

O autorze

Grady Hendrix is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of Horrorstör, My Best Friend s Exorcism (which is being adapted into a feature film by Amazon Studios), We Sold Our Souls, The Southern Book Club s Guide to Slaying Vampires, and The Final Girl Support Group. Grady also authored the Bram Stoker Award winning nonfiction book Paperbacks from Hell and These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World.