{"product_id":"9780062363244","title":"A Head Full of Ghosts : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Paul Tremblay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2015 BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chilling thriller that brilliantly blends psychological suspense and supernatural horror, reminiscent of Stephen King's The \u003cem\u003eShining\u003c\/em\u003e, Shirley Jackson's \u003cem\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/em\u003e, and William Peter Blatty's\u003cem\u003e The Exorcist\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo her parents’ despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie’s descent into madness. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts’ plight. With John, Marjorie’s father, out of work for more than a year and the medical bills looming, the family agrees to be filmed, and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of \u003cem\u003eThe Possession\u003c\/em\u003e, a hit reality television show. When events in the Barrett household explode in tragedy, the show and the shocking incidents it captures become the stuff of urban legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie’s younger sister, Merry. As she recalls those long ago events that took place when she was just eight years old, secrets and painful memories that clash with what was broadcast on television begin to surface—and a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising vexing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Paul Tremblay’s terrific \u003cem\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e generates a haze of an altogether more serious kind: the pleasurable fog of calculated, perfectly balanced ambiguity.”\u003cbr\u003e“Tremblay paints a believable portrait of a family in extremis emotionally as it attempts to cope with the unthinkable, but at the same time he slyly suggests that in a culture where the wall between reality and acting has eroded, even the make believe might seem credible. Whether psychological or supernatural, this is a work of deviously subtle horror.”\u003cbr\u003e“[A] literary horror novel . . . Paul Tremblay’s \u003cem\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e [is] one of the most frightening books I’ve read this, or any, year. . . . Despite the skill with which Tremblay wields his demons, real or otherwise, whether or not Marjorie is actually possessed ends up being the point . . . and Tremblay is elegantly, carefully ambiguous about the situation.”\u003cbr\u003e“Progressively gripping and suspenseful—(Tremblay’s) ultimate, bloodcurdling revelation is as sickeningly satisfying as it is masterful.”\u003cbr\u003e“A mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising disturbing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e scared the living hell out of me, and I’m pretty hard to scare.”\u003cbr\u003e“Tremblay expertly ratchets up the suspense until the tension is almost at its breaking point.”\u003cbr\u003e“[B]rilliantly creepy.”\u003cbr\u003e“The novel is stylishly written and well-conceived.”\u003cbr\u003e“Gripping and truly scary, this book feels of the moment in a way few thrillers do.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062363244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41108216709326,"sku":"9780062363244","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062363244.jpg?v=1652101972","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062363244","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}