The Throat
Peter Straub
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
A tormented writer, unable to exorcise the demons of his past...an all-American town, plagued by horrific secrets...a beautiful woman, brutally murdered by a twisted killer thought long dead - or by an even more terrifying copycat?
Product Details
Price
$21.00
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publish Date
August 10, 2010
Pages
704
Dimensions
5.32 X 7.92 X 1.32 inches | 1.16 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780307472236
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About the Author
PETER STRAUB is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels. In the Night Room and Lost Boy, Lost Girl are winners of the Bram Stoker Award, as is his collection 5 Stories. Straub is the editor of numerous anthologies, including the two-volume American Fantastic Tale from the Library of America. He died in 2022.
Reviews
"A masterpiece. . . . The most intelligent novel of suspense to come along in years." --Washington Post Book World "Disturbing. . . . Satisfying entertainment. . . . A bloodstained tapestry of stunning emotional power." --San Franscisco Chronicle "A classic mystery novel. . . . Deft, impressive." --The New York Times Book Review "Magnificent. . . . Intensely riveting. . . . A haunting tale of murder, obsession, and the malevolent horror that can inhabit those dark forbidding places in us all." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Terrifying psychological horror. . . . One of this year's best contemporary horror novels. . . . Straub, a master storyteller, weaves a tale that's rich in detail and character." --Cleveland Plain-Dealer "An intense thriller. . . . Fans of Straub's Koko will be pleased to know that Tim Underhill is back." --USA Today "An excellent psychological novel. . . . Straub well understands the dark recesses of the psyche where the personal demons dwell. . . . We may want to turn away . . . but we cannot because the horror mesmerizes us." --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Suspenseful and compelling. . . . Mesmerizing. . . . An accelerated roller-coaster read that is totally engrossing. . . . Just when the reader thinks he has the cases figured out, Straub manipulates the plot to expose yet more twists." --Chattanooga Times Free Press "Marvelous. . . . Enormously satisfying. . . . Unashamedly designed to fascinate."--Sacramento Bee "The best of Peter Straub's writing." --Houston Chronicle "The characters are outstanding. . . . They are the story, enshrouded by a nightmare that never lifts. Peter Straub takes bold risks and he succeeds." --San Jose Mercury News "Enomously entertaining and scary. . . . Rich, complex, dark, and tough to put down."--New York Daily News
