- Hardcover: 335 pages
- Publisher: Cemetery Dance Pubns; Limited edition (October 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1587670224
- ISBN-13: 978-1587670220
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.7 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 658 g
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From Publishers Weekly
Garton (Sex and Violence in Hollywood) delivers his usual potent cocktail of extreme physical horror, if without the graphic sex and sly humor that redeemed 2003's The New Neighbor. The memory of a botched operation on his penis as a little boy still haunts Stuart Mullond ("Gotta make sure you can pee right, Stuart"). Worse, Dr. Furgeson, the urologist, has been reappearing mysteriously in Stuart's life, snapping those familiar scissors and threatening more surgery ("Snick-snick-snick"), even though he's a dying hulk in a nursing home. Stuart's relations with his former wife, his present companion and his young son have gone to hell, and no wonder with that scissors-toting doctor always around. Garton fans will relish a revolting Santa Claus, the removal of a heart from a living patient, dripping intestines and more.
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3.2 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting!, Jan 18 2005
By A. Hansen "AH Booklover" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scissors (Hardcover)
Pretty good. After reading it I was actually suprised how well it sat with me. If I'd of known about the entire book before I read it I probably wouldn't of liked it. It had an odd twist in it that I wasn't really expecting. However, I didn't mind it. The twist is more about the main character, not really the plot of the book. I am really having a tough time explaining this without giving anything away! You'd have to read it to find out. This is my first book by Garton and it won't be the last!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Still waiting, Aug 7 2005
By GameFreak - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scissors (Hardcover)
I read this in about 2 days. It does have an odd twist to it that seems too far-fetched to be a scary one. I guess I was expecting more face to face action with Stuart and the doctor, or more about Stuart's childhood. The character of the girl he lived with really had no depth, and the friendship between her and the ex wife was a bit odd. I think it would have been much scarier had there been more tales of bad things happening to Stuart growing up, not just the operation. That one incident is just not enough to make a person have a dual personality and powers of telepathy, or whatever that was. Where did Owl Man originally come from?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Rod Serling would have been proud., Aug 22 2006
By Paul Fontaine - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scissors (Hardcover)
I kind of agree with reviewer "GameFreak," in that there
could have been more childhood abuses to account for Stuart's
condition, and the "origin" of Owl Man could have been delved
into, but all in all it's an interesting read that kept me flip-
ping the pages. The story kind of reminded me of a Twilight Zone
episode, including the twist ending, which wasn't scary but made
you think "Hmmmmm." It also might make you expect Rod Serling to
step out and utter a creepy epilogue.
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