Robert McCammon - The Wolf's Hour and The Hunter f.It was a watershed in Straub's career, becoming a national bestseller and cementing his reputation. It was published on January 1, 1979, by Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, and adapted as a 1981 horror film, minus the fifth protagonist, Lewis Benedikt. The final revealer comes not long after, when Miles takes the letters he's been mysterious letters he's been receiving, tied to dear Allison, to his old buddy (or so he thinks) the Police Chief, and the Chief says that the addresses are done in his handwriting. Ghost Story is a horror novel by American writer Peter Straub. concerns two boys at a New England boarding school.
Then there are the statements that are littered through the narrative, first person accounts given by the townspeople to the police of Miles' actions, and the way that each of these differs so strongly from the way that Miles himself depicts those events. This tale of supernatural horror from the author of Koko, The Talisman and Mr X.
Other horror writers might give us books which scream blood, gore and guts, but Straub (Ghost Story, Koko. Indeed, hints soon start to accumulate about Miles' past, references to dark deeds and the terrible outcome of his cousinly swim out at the quarry that we glimpsed the beginning of. Ghost Story (1981) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by John Irvin Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification Produced by Music by Philippe Sarde Cinematography by Jack Cardiff. Peter Straub can scare readers with just a whisper. Some measure of the town's hate can be explained by Miles' outsider status in a time fresh after a murder, but the personal animosity and hatred he receives – the pastor delivers an entire sermon against him personally – beggars belief. A large part of this is that we're not clued in to major swathes of the motivations that Miles does have.
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