{"product_id":"heartshaped-box-a-novel-isbn-9780061147944","title":"Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003e“Wild, mesmerizing, perversely witty….A Valentine from hell.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003eJanet Maslin\u003c\/st1:city\u003e, \u003cst1:state w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/st1:state\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003cem\u003e Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003eThe publication of Joe Hill’s beautifully textured, deliciously scary debut novel \u003cem\u003eHeart-Shaped Box \u003c\/em\u003ewas greeted with the sort of overwhelming critical acclaim that is rare for a work of skin-crawling supernatural terror. It was cited as a Best Book of the Year by \u003cem\u003eAtlanta\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, the \u003cem\u003eTampa Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eSt. Louis Post Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/em\u003e, to name but a few. Award-winning, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling Neil Gaiman of \u003cem\u003eThe Sandman, The Graveyard Book, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAnansi Boys \u003c\/em\u003efame calls Joe Hill’s story of a jaded rock star haunted by a ghost he purchased on the internet, “relentless, gripping, powerful.” Open this \u003cem\u003eHeart-Shaped Box \u003c\/em\u003efrom two-time Bram Stoker Award-winner Hill if you dare and see what all the well-deserved hoopla is about.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eJudas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals . . . a used hangman's noose . . . a snuff film. An aging death-metal rock god, his taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans as the notorious excesses of his youth. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as dreadful as his latest discovery, an item for sale on the Internet, a thing so terribly strange, Jude can't help but reach for his wallet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI will \"sell\" my stepfather's ghost to the highest bidder. . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a thousand dollars, Jude will become the proud owner of a dead man's suit, said to be haunted by a restless spirit. He isn't afraid. He has spent a lifetime coping with ghosts—of an abusive father, of the lovers he callously abandoned, of the bandmates he betrayed. What's one more?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what UPS delivers to his door in a black heart-shaped box is no imaginary or metaphorical ghost, no benign conversation piece. It's the real thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd suddenly the suit's previous owner is everywhere: behind the bedroom door . . . seated in Jude's restored vintage Mustang . . . standing outside his window . . . staring out from his widescreen TV. Waiting—with a gleaming razor blade on a chain dangling from one bony hand. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA multiple-award winner for his short fiction, author  Joe Hill  immediately vaults into the top echelon of dark fantasists with a blood-chilling roller-coaster ride of a novel, a masterwork brimming with relentless thrills and acid terror.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Hill is flawless in his ability to articulate frailties that humanize his characters and make the vulnerable to intrusions of the strange . . . . One of the most confident and assured new voices in horror and dark fantasy to emerge in recent years.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Joe Hill’s \u003cem\u003eHeart-Shaped Box \u003c\/em\u003estarts with a premise that is as simple as it is brilliant: a ghost for sale on the Internet. But here is a tale that is far from a one-trick pony. It chills with every word, surprises with every page, and twists with every chapter. Here is a debut as literate as it is horrifying . . . and the resounding introduction of a new master in the field of suspense.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Rollins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A relentlessly scary ghost story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookseller (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Powerful . . . a fast-paced plot that crackles with expertly planted surprises and revelations . . . a truly memorable debut.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You can’t go wrong with Heart-Shaped Box.” Top Five Fiction-Books of 2007 - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fast-paced journey on wheels borrowed from hell’s used-car lot, and there aren’t a lot of comfort breaks...The pictures [Hill] painted colored my dreams and darkened my mood even after I’d put the book down.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The shocks in Hill’s riveting debut novel can be lurid and blood-drenched, or as quietly chilling as a casual phone call from an old, dead friend.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A wild, mesmerizing, perversely witty tale of horror . . . . a Valentine from hell.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A thriller with moments of terror and genuine humor.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eHeart-Shaped Box\u003c\/em\u003e. . . rocks. It’s a flat-out, white-line, turbo-charged, relentless, bleakly humorous, and, above all, honest story . . . Hill’s fealty to the autumnal suspirations of the darkest sorts of dread is instantly apparent. And this, as they say, is just the beginning.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustin Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Hill]’s got horror down pat, and his debut is hair-raising fun.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dark, taut, and deliciously terrifying. \u003cem\u003eHeart-Shaped Box\u003c\/em\u003e is a roaring good read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889281954021,"sku":"NP9780061147944","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061147944.jpg?v=1730230920","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/heartshaped-box-a-novel-isbn-9780061147944","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}