REVIEW:
DARK HARVEST BY NORMAN PARTRIDGE
DARK
HARVEST
NORMAN
PARTRIDGE
GENRE:
HORROR
SYNOPSIS
Halloween, 1963. They
call him the October Boy, or Ol’ Hacksaw Face, or Sawtooth Jack.
Whatever the name, everybody in this small Midwestern town knows who
he is. How he rises from the cornfields every Halloween, a butcher
knife in his hand, and makes his way toward town, where gangs of
teenage boys eagerly await their chance to confront the legendary
nightmare. Both the hunter and the hunted, the October Boy is the
prize in an annual rite of life and death.
Pete McCormick knows that killing the October Boy is his one chance to escape a dead-end future in this one-horse town. He’s willing to risk everything, including his life, to be a winner for once. But before the night is over, Pete will look into the saw-toothed face of horror--and discover the terrifying true secret of the October Boy . . .
Winner of the Stoker Award and named one of the 100 Best Novels of 2006 by Publishers Weekly, Dark Harvest is a powerhouse thrill-ride with all the resonance of Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery."
Pete McCormick knows that killing the October Boy is his one chance to escape a dead-end future in this one-horse town. He’s willing to risk everything, including his life, to be a winner for once. But before the night is over, Pete will look into the saw-toothed face of horror--and discover the terrifying true secret of the October Boy . . .
Winner of the Stoker Award and named one of the 100 Best Novels of 2006 by Publishers Weekly, Dark Harvest is a powerhouse thrill-ride with all the resonance of Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery."
MY
TAKE
It
never fails—while shopping I just HAD to stop by the book section.
The cover art for Dark Harvest drew me in. The synopsis sounded
promising, a nice blurb by Peter Straub on the cover, and also
mention of this book winning the Bram Stoker Award sealed the deal
for me.
Dark
Harvest was a very engaging read. I was thoroughly entertained
throughout the entire 197 pages of this story. It reminded me
somewhat of a story that you could see on The Twilight Zone (TTZ is
actually mentioned a couple of times in the book) or Tales From the
Crypt.
Halloween
night is a little different for the people of this small no-name
town. The teenage boys have been locked away in their rooms without
food for the past five days in preparation for “The Run”. The
starved teenage boys are let out to hunt the October Boy, a scarecrow
brought to life. The winner gets to leave town, which is a dream for
these teenage boys. Winning this game is not all what it seems to be.
I
would recommend Dark Harvest as a great little Halloween read.
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