Thirty-Seven
Peter Stenson
(Author)
Description
One of Booklist's Best Horror Books of 2018 The Survivors, their members known only by the order in which they joined, live alone in a rural Colorado mansion. They believe that sickness bears honesty, and that honesty bears change. Fueled by the ritualized Cytoxan treatments that leave them on the verge of death, they instigate the Day of Gifts, a day that spells shocking violence and the group's demise. Enter Mason Hues, formerly known as Thirty-Seven, the group's final member and the only one both alive and free. Eighteen years old and living in a spartan apartment after his release from a year of intensive mental health counseling, he takes a job at a thrift shop and expects to while away his days as quietly and unobtrusively as possible. But when his enigmatic boss Talley learns his secret, she comes to believe that there is still hope in the Survivor philosophy. She pushes Mason to start the group over again--this time with himself as One. Part Fight Club, part The Girls, and entirely unlike anything you've ever experienced, Peter Stenson's Thirty-Seven is an audacious and austere novel that explores our need to belong. Our need to be loved. Our need to believe in something greater than ourselves, and ultimately our capacity for self-delusion.
Product Details
Price
$26.95
$25.06
Publisher
Dzanc Books
Publish Date
February 13, 2018
Pages
216
Dimensions
5.8 X 1.1 X 8.6 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781945814310
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Peter Stenson received his MFA from Colorado State University in 2012. His stories and essays have been published in The Sun, The Bellevue Literary Review, The Greensboro Review, Confrontation, Post Road, Fugue, Harpur Palate, The Pinch, Blue Mesa Review, and elsewhere. His debut novel, FIEND, (Crown), was named an Amazon Best Book of the Year and his second book, THIRTY-SEVEN (DZANC), was awarded Kirkus and Publishers Weekly starred reviews. He lives with his wife and daughter in Denver.
Reviews
"With his second novel, Stenson proves to be a more articulate, more empathic, and more intelligent version of Chuck Palahniuk. Stenson's sentences devastate, and his characters are nuanced and warm ... A book that manages to break your heart, make you dizzy, and punch you in the gut all at once. You will be hard-pressed to find a novel as dark or intense in any bookstore."
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Unnerving but spellbinding...Stenson's brilliantly vivid prose and striking characters deserve the widest possible audience."
-Booklist (starred review)
"Uneasy but engaging...Writing is extremely engaging, with clever uses of rhythm, repetition, and other musicality that give portions of the story a songlike feel. ... Thirty-Seven is uncomfortable, disturbing, and impossible to put down."
-Foreword Reviews
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Unnerving but spellbinding...Stenson's brilliantly vivid prose and striking characters deserve the widest possible audience."
-Booklist (starred review)
"Uneasy but engaging...Writing is extremely engaging, with clever uses of rhythm, repetition, and other musicality that give portions of the story a songlike feel. ... Thirty-Seven is uncomfortable, disturbing, and impossible to put down."
-Foreword Reviews