- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books; Reprint edition (April 30 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0449006522
- ISBN-13: 978-0449006528
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 2.5 x 17.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #255,704 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In Manhattan Hunt Club John Saul plumbs the depths of the Manhattan underground--the network of subway tunnels and secret caverns and chambers where the homeless denizens of the city have created their own society. It's a world Jeff Converse, a young college student convicted of a crime he didn't commit, never knew existed until he is plunged into it after an "accident" that occurs while he is being transported to prison. He soon realizes that it's no accident, but the opening move in a deadly game being played by some of the city's most powerful men and women, a game in which he is the prey and they are the hunters. Jeff's only chance to make it to the surface and survive lies in allying himself with a homicidal maniac who's appointed himself the young man's protector, but whose designs on Jeff are almost as lethal as those of his enemies in the Manhattan Hunt Club.
Saul made his reputation in the horror genre, but he now focuses on psychological terrors rather than things that go bump in the night. His narrative gifts are displayed to great advantage in this heart-stopping thriller; the pacing is flawless and the central characters are very well developed. What keeps this from living up to its fullest potential is the inadequate motivation of the villains, who are largely one-dimensional cardboard cutouts. But that won't keep this otherwise topnotch thriller off the bestseller lists, where Saul (Nightshade, The Right Hand of Evil), like Stephen King, is a perennial contender for the number one spot. --Jane Adams --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Publishers Weekly
Why mess with success? Twenty-four novels and 24 years down the road, Saul continues to deliver the same sleek pulp entertainment that he's been selling in high numbers since his debut with Suffer the Children in 1977. This time out, Saul sets his melodramatics mostly below the surface of Manhattan, in the tunnels populated by the homeless. Because of mistaken eyewitness testimony, Columbia University architecture student Jeff Converse has been convicted of attempted rape and attempted murder. En route to Rikers Island, the police van carrying Jeff is rammed, and Jeff is taken by a homeless man into the tunnels, only to be locked in a room with another prisoner, homicidal maniac Francis Jagger. Days later, Jeff and Jagger are released into the tunnels, told that if they make it to the outside world, they live; if they don't, they die. Eventually we learn that an elite group of Manhattan power brokers has created a club devoted to hunting convicted malefactors and having their bodies stuffed in the manner of big game trophies, using the underground homeless as beaters in the hunt. Meanwhile, Jeff's fianc‚e and father search desperately for Jeff, first above ground, then below. The novel builds suspense steadily, but reaches full steam only when Saul plunges his principals mercilessly into the stygian underworld of Manhattan. The premise of a Manhattan Hunt Club skirts absurdity, as do the villainous members of the club, but Saul scores points about society's treatment of the homeless. The prose is serviceable, the action rough, intense and often distasteful in other words, this is vintage Saul. (Aug.)Forecast: With major ad/promo, including a sample chapter in the mass market edition (June) of Saul's Nightshade, this will reach the author's fans. Expect many to travel with Saul into the nasty depths, only to breathe deeply as they look up from the book to a sandy beach and clean ocean waves.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Creepy Read!,
By Cheryl Tardif "bestselling suspense author" (Edmonton, Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: The Manhattan Hunt Club: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
Saul's suspenseful thriller The Manhattan Hunt Club starts off with a race to the death and ends with a race for survival. This book will leave you completely and utterly breathless and is one I would never read on the subways of New York.Jeff Converse is sent to prison--for a crime he didn't commit. But instead of the confines and safety of concrete prison walls, he is given his freedom. If one can call it that. Jeff has become the prey in a deadly game, hunted by people with wealth, power and a sadistic lust for control. And what better control can one have than that over another human being's fate? `Should he live or die?' Saul paints a terrifyingly hellish canvas of winding subway tunnels and a believable secret subterranean city--the land of the lost, the forgotten, the homeless and the insane. This novel is a pavement-pounding masterpiece of terror. John Saul is a master of horror. I started as a teen, reading Suffer the Children, and have read almost every one of his books, but this one stayed with me far after the last page was turned. Along with Stephen King and Dean Koontz, Saul has been responsible for some of my sleepless nights and most terrifying dreams. And I can't wait for their next books! :) ~Cheryl Kaye Tardif
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A near-perfect thriller, inspired by a documentary film...,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Manhattan Hunt Club (Mass Market Paperback)
I recently listened to "the MHC" in audiobook format, while making a 12 hour drive across the Northeast United States. I've never read Saul before, I just picked up the audiobook at the library because it looked interesting. I was hooked after 20 minutes, and didn't stop listening for the entire drive. The story is a non-supernatural thriller, written in the somewhat gory style of Stephen King. The characters are intriguing and there are plenty of plot twists and exciting action sequences, as well as some gruesome violence... I enjoyed the way the main characters are never physically described. There is a strong female character who is almost certainly black, but Saul never actually describes her. And the young female love interest is never descibed either. Is she a blonde, brunette, is she hot? Is she fat? It's totally up to the reader. Refreshing. The setting of the story is the abandoned tunnels beneath Manhattan, where several thousand homeless people really do live in real life. The book borders on becoming preachy about the homeless, but it wasn't too annoying. For anyone who is intersted, there was a documentary film on the subject of the homeless in subterranean NYC that was an obvious inspiration for this book. Just search "Dark Days" in Amazon. It was a weird film, you may like it.
3.0 out of 5 stars
not best of John Saul,
By Lana (Universe, Earth) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Manhattan Hunt Club (Mass Market Paperback)
I bought this book with more expectations to enjoy another triller of John Saul, but i was a bit... very... smth between very and a bit disappointed.This book is about guy is catacombs and that is followed by men who like to shoot people for fun. The story is a bit boring and predictable. And scenario is too easy to follow. If i would not know who is author i would never guess that it's Saul. Well, there is of cause some interesting moment in book, that tense you a bit and not let you to fall asleep. But anyway it's not one of that books that you can read on one breath.
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