John Saul a critical companion
Title:
John Saul a critical companion
Author:
Bail, Paul.
ISBN:
9780313317309
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 203 p.) : ill.
Series:
Critical companions to popular contemporary writers,
Critical companions to popular contemporary writers.
Contents:
Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. The Life of John Saul; 2. The Horror Genre; 3. Suffer the Children (1977); 4. Punish the Sinners (1978); 5. The God Project (1982); 6. Brainchild (1985); 7. Sleepwalk (1990); 8. Second Child (1990); 9. Darkness (1991); 10. Shadows (1992); 11. The Homing (1994); 12. Black Lightning (1995); Selected Bibliography; Index.
Abstract:
This is the first book-length study of best-selling writer John Saul's psychological and supernatural thrillers. Author Paul Bail compares John Saul's novels to a cocktail: (mix) one part & i. Psycho, one part The Exorcist, a dash of Turn of the Screw, blend well, and serve thoroughly chillingly. Bail traces John Saul's literary career from his 1977 debut novel Suffer the Children--the first paperback original ever to make the New York Times best seller list--to his most recent novel, Black Lightning (1995). It features detailed analyses of eleven of his novels. The study includes never-before-pub.
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