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NOS4A2

A Novel
Hill, Joe (Book - 2013)
Average Rating: 4 stars out of 5.
NOS4A2


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Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photography, answers to unanswerable questions. On her Raleigh Tuff Burner bike, she makes her way to a rickety covered bridge that, within moments, takes her wherever she needs to go, whether it's across Massachusetts

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Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photography, answers to unanswerable questions. On her Raleigh Tuff Burner bike, she makes her way to a rickety covered bridge that, within moments, takes her wherever she needs to go, whether it's across Massachusetts or across the country. Charles Talent Manx has a way with children. He likes to take them for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the NOS4A2 vanity plate. With his old car, he can slip right out of the everyday world, and onto the hidden roads that transport them to an astonishing--and terrifying--playground of amusements he calls "Christmasland." Then, one day, Vic goes looking for trouble--and finds Manx. That was a lifetime ago. Now Vic, the only kid to ever escape Manx's unmitigated evil, is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx never stopped thinking about Victoria McQueen. He's on the road again and he's picked up a new passenger: Vic's own son.

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Additional Contributors: Rodríguez, Gabriel
Imprint: New York : - William Morrow
Pages: 692
Edition: 1st ed
ISBN: 0062200577, 9780062200570
Language: English
Notes: Ill. on lining papers.
Statement of responsibility: Joe Hill ; illustrations by Gabriel Rodríguez
Characteristics: 692 p. :,ill. ;,24 cm.
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May 13, 2013
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  • JamesBayRidge rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

Exceptional horror fantasy by the prince of horror. Now that he has outed himself as the son of Stephen King he throws in some Easter egg references to the master himself. Joe Hill is standing on his own two feet here, penning a most enjoyable and exciting read.

May 11, 2013
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  • axeman rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

This is a MUST READ for fans of horror. Highly suspenseful, wonderful characters. Really really good.

Do not start reading this if you don't have time to read the whole thing. Really really good. Joe Hill says he has "followed ...along (someone's) backroads his whole life". No longer true, if, in fact, it ever was. He is now a trail blazer and a sensitive, incisive writer. The story isn't groundbreaking, but JH's gift for story telling makes it a treat to read. One of few contemporary writers who understand how to scare us, or make us uneasy, without OTT violence, gore or misogyny. Love it, hope he will write more novels, as opposed to short stories. His characters deserve to be fully developed, and these are people worth getting to know. Well done.

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