{"product_id":"his-fathers-son-isbn-9780451227775","title":"His Father's Son","description":"\u003cb\u003e“On a par with such greats as Stephen King, Clive Barker and Peter Straub” (\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), Bentley Little brings his unnerving talents to the terrifying story of a dysfunctional family in crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteve Nye writes for an alumni magazine and his long-term relationship is on the steady path to marriage. But his quiet life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a phone call from his mother. His father attacked her and has been committed to a mental asylum. The doctor says he’s suffering from dementia. But Steve’s father seems so calm, clear-eyed, and perfectly lucid when he whispers, \u003ci\u003e“I killed her…”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is it simply another symptom of delusion and madness? To find the answer, Steve investigates the cryptic message leading him down a terrifying path of his own making—and of his own nightmares....\u003cb\u003ePraise for Bram Stoker Award-Winning Author Bentley Little\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The horror poet laureate...a master of the macabre!”—Stephen King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Bentley Little is] on par with such greats as Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Peter Straub.”—Midwest Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Little possesses the uncanny ability to take everyday situations and turn them into nightmares.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Little has the unparalleled ability to evoke surreal, satiric terror.”—Horror Reader\u003cb\u003eBentley Little\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous novels, short stories, articles, essays, and reviews. After earning a BA in communications and an MA in English, Little sold his soul and abandoned all artistic integrity, working for eight years as a bureaucrat for a midsized city in Orange County, California. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Revelation\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 1990 Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award for best first novel.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302592434405,"sku":"NP9780451227775","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780451227775.jpg?v=1767729078","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/his-fathers-son-isbn-9780451227775","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}