A “demented and deeply enjoyable” tale of a father journeying into a strange world to save his son (Los Angeles Times).
In this fantastic tale that “blends the out-there mysticism of H. P. Lovecraft, the dark corridors and femme fatales of Dashiell Hammett, and the pulpy, lurid qualities of ’50s comic books,” a man named Sweeney, hoping for a miracle for his comatose son, Danny, journeys to the fortress-like Peck Clinic (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). The doctors there claim to have “resurrected” patients who were similarly lost in the void—but the real cure for his son’s condition may lie in Limbo, a comic book world beloved by Danny.
Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, this spellbinding novel about stories and what they can do for—and to—those who create and consume them is “a wild, surreal and thought-provoking ride” that explores the power of the unknown, the need for forgiveness, and the nature of consciousness itself (San Francisco Chronicle).
“A genre-busting novel . . . Strange, gripping, [and] possessed of a whole lot of vision.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“To call Jack O’Connell’s novels imaginative, or even original, doesn’t begin to say it.” —The New York Times Book Review
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In this fantastic tale that “blends the out-there mysticism of H. P. Lovecraft, the dark corridors and femme fatales of Dashiell Hammett, and the pulpy, lurid qualities of ’50s comic books,” a man named Sweeney, hoping for a miracle for his comatose son, Danny, journeys to the fortress-like Peck Clinic (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). The doctors there claim to have “resurrected” patients who were similarly lost in the void—but the real cure for his son’s condition may lie in Limbo, a comic book world beloved by Danny.
Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, this spellbinding novel about stories and what they can do for—and to—those who create and consume them is “a wild, surreal and thought-provoking ride” that explores the power of the unknown, the need for forgiveness, and the nature of consciousness itself (San Francisco Chronicle).
“A genre-busting novel . . . Strange, gripping, [and] possessed of a whole lot of vision.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“To call Jack O’Connell’s novels imaginative, or even original, doesn’t begin to say it.” —The New York Times Book Review
The Resurrectionist
A “demented and deeply enjoyable” tale of a father journeying into a strange world to save his son (Los Angeles Times).
In this fantastic tale that “blends the out-there mysticism of H. P. Lovecraft, the dark corridors and femme fatales of Dashiell Hammett, and the pulpy, lurid qualities of ’50s comic books,” a man named Sweeney, hoping for a miracle for his comatose son, Danny, journeys to the fortress-like Peck Clinic (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). The doctors there claim to have “resurrected” patients who were similarly lost in the void—but the real cure for his son’s condition may lie in Limbo, a comic book world beloved by Danny.
Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, this spellbinding novel about stories and what they can do for—and to—those who create and consume them is “a wild, surreal and thought-provoking ride” that explores the power of the unknown, the need for forgiveness, and the nature of consciousness itself (San Francisco Chronicle).
“A genre-busting novel . . . Strange, gripping, [and] possessed of a whole lot of vision.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“To call Jack O’Connell’s novels imaginative, or even original, doesn’t begin to say it.” —The New York Times Book Review
In this fantastic tale that “blends the out-there mysticism of H. P. Lovecraft, the dark corridors and femme fatales of Dashiell Hammett, and the pulpy, lurid qualities of ’50s comic books,” a man named Sweeney, hoping for a miracle for his comatose son, Danny, journeys to the fortress-like Peck Clinic (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). The doctors there claim to have “resurrected” patients who were similarly lost in the void—but the real cure for his son’s condition may lie in Limbo, a comic book world beloved by Danny.
Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, this spellbinding novel about stories and what they can do for—and to—those who create and consume them is “a wild, surreal and thought-provoking ride” that explores the power of the unknown, the need for forgiveness, and the nature of consciousness itself (San Francisco Chronicle).
“A genre-busting novel . . . Strange, gripping, [and] possessed of a whole lot of vision.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“To call Jack O’Connell’s novels imaginative, or even original, doesn’t begin to say it.” —The New York Times Book Review
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781565126398 |
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| Publisher: | Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill |
| Publication date: | 09/22/2009 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 336 |
| File size: | 3 MB |
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