- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Subterranean Press; Signed edition (September 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1892284006
- ISBN-13: 978-1892284006
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 15 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 408 g
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From Publishers Weekly
Clay Saunders is a hired killer who sees ghosts. The realm of the dead touches him more deeply than the equally pained world of the living, which he finds inhabited by people with little humanity. The latest victim of his K-bar knife is Diabolos Whistler, a satanic cult leader who makes Aleister Crowley look like Santa Claus. But Circe, Whistler's tattooed and seductive media-savvy daughter who seeks to replace him, and her colorful band of nasties make Whistler seem benign in comparison. Impelled by an immediate need to save his own skin as well as a compulsion to somehow save a little girl ghost, Saunders tangles with dead spirits and the death-deserving living. Vivid writing, lightning pace and true originality make this novel a genuine page-turner, but an unrelenting and disturbingly amoral one. Partridge creates a world where the most sympathetic character is a ghost and the hero's only redeeming aspect is his attachment to that ghost. Best known for the darkly humorous gonzo noir mass-market Jack Baddalach novels (Ten-Ounce Siesta, etc.), Patridge here denies the reader both irony and empathy. Saunders kills the innocent as well as the guilty with little regret and is never provided with sufficient motivation, however warped, to do so. In this realm where the negative is the norm, the reader feels at sea, without even the life saver of an examination of the iconic outsider to hold on to.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Born with the ability to see ghosts, professional assassin Clay Saunders chooses his targets carefully. His caution, however, does not prepare him for his latest victim, a Satanic cult leader who refuses to remain dead. The author of Slippin' into Darkness (Kensington, 1996) offers a grim and often gory tale of an antihero caught in a desperate attempt to rescue a ghostly child from a fate worse than death. Graphic violence, explicit sex, and a prohibitive price tag may limit the audience for this macabre novel. Large libraries may want to wait for a trade paperback edition.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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4.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
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Truly Brilliant. An Excellent But Short Novel., Dec 6 2006
By John B. Hubbard Jr. "John Hubbard" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wildest Dreams: A Horror Novel (Hardcover)
Norm is a genius. But we all knew that already, didn't we? This story is very hip and cool. It came out before 6th Sense so those thinking it is a rip off are way off base. The reason I waited to buy it was the cover price. It was high. My only wish now is that that some genius would re-issue this in mass market papwerback form with 3 or 4 more added chapters to give it some girth. I read it in 2 nights. It would also make an excellent film.
I can't explain how good the book is because I can't write like Norm, but we have assassins, cult leaders, spirit mediums, witches, ghosts, mystery, sex, violence, etc. Another good thing in the novel are the locations. The bottle house, Circe's stronghold, the bridge over the creek and even the mortuary are all done in such excellent detail that I could see them in my head.
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Amazing!, Jun 19 2011
By Rob - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wildest Dreams: A Horror Novel (Hardcover)
This is the first thing I ever read by Norman Partridge and let me tell you that all these long years later, pieces of this book still flash through my memory. I absolutely love this story and recommend it to friends all the time.
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Another Trip Through Partridge's Sick Mind, Mar 4 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wildest Dreams: A Horror Novel (Hardcover)
This book has not one person who can be considered a hero and yet it is still an edge-of-your-seat-thriller. Partridge takes us to a new level with this one. He shows you he can do more than the hip, surf music in the background kind of writing he does so well. This book suceeds all the way.
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