{"product_id":"9781250086570","title":"I Am Behind You","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eI Am Behind You\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): John Ajvide Lindqvist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling, eerie new novel from the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLet the Right One In\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At the top of his game, Lindqvist gives Stephen King and John Saul at their best a run for the money.\" —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dubbed the Stephen King of Sweden, Lindqvist lives up to the billing.\" —\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour families wake up one morning in their trailer on an ordinary campsite. However, during the  night something strange has happened. Everything outside the camping grounds has disappeared,  and the world has been transformed into an endless expanse of grass. The  sky is blue, but there is no sign of the sun; there are no trees, no  flowers, no birds. And every radio plays nothing but the songs of  sixties pop icon Peter Himmelstrand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the holiday-makers try to  come to terms with what has happened, they are forced to confront their  deepest fears and secret desires. Past events that each of them has tried  to bury rise to the surface and take on terrifying physical forms. Can any of them find a way back to reality?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nothing is as it first seems in John Ajvide Lindqvist's uncanny and utterly engrossing horror novel \u003ci\u003eI Am Behind You\u003c\/i\u003e....Lindqvist (\u003ci\u003eLet the Right One In\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLittle Star\u003c\/i\u003e) has been compared by several critics with Stephen King, and here it's easy to see why. Like the American horror master, Lindqvist draws characters with fascinating interiors and believable histories....Imaginative and complexly structured, \u003ci\u003eI Am Behind You\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding work of oddball, literary horror.\"   — \u003ci\u003eShelf Awarensess \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In an exercise recalling Stephen King's \u003ci\u003eUnder the Dome\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), Lindqvist, an author capable of imbuing\u003cbr\u003ehis terrifying tales with heavy doses of emotion, crash-lands characters into an absurd situation—and then\u003cbr\u003elets chaos reign...the results are chilling.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ambitious.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for John Ajvide Lindqvist:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Sweden's Stephen King.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"One of the hottest writers in the horror genre.\" —\u003ci\u003eMystery Scene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A unique and humanistic take on the undead that has a place alongside thoughtful horror novels like World War Z.\"  —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A future horror classic and a firm pronouncement that John Ajvide Lindqvist is a force to reckoned with. Brilliant. A true horror story.\" —MTV.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"As good a horror novel as I've read all year...Truly establishes Lindqvist as a horror heavyweight. Intermittently touching, disturbing, and horrifying.\" —BloodyDisgusting.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Sweden's answer to Stephen King.\" —\u003ci\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250086570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40686605435086,"sku":"9781250086570","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250086570","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}