Grady Hendrix

Broschiertes Buch

Horrorstör

Beschreibung

It's a classic old-fashioned haunted house story - set in a big box Swedish furniture superstore. Designed like a retail catalogue, Horrorstor offers a creepy read with mass appeal-perfect for Halloween tables!

Autor

Grady Hendrix is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of several New York Times best sellers including How to Sell a Haunted House, The Final Girl Support Group, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, and many more. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and sold over two million copies. He also writes nonfiction, and his history of the horror paperback boom of the seventies and eighties, Paperbacks from Hell, won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quirk Books
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 184mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781594745263
• ISBN-10: 1594745269
• Artikelnr.: 33118278

Rezensionen

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

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