David Worsley reviews:
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Ever since the publication of Lost Girls about fifteen years ago, I've dropped on the spot-whatever I was reading-for a new Andrew Pyper novel.
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His tales of literate, tightly plotted creepiness just get better and better, and his new one, The Damned, is among the best.
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When Ashleigh Orchard dies in a house fire near their Detroit home, her servile brother Danny pens a bestselling "back from heaven" memoir telling of his surviving the fire and for a moment, dying.
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The Damned picks up their lives about a couple decades later. Danny is tormented by periodic "visits" from his deceased sister and her malevolence comes to the fore as Danny finds love for the first time.
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Set against a wholly denuded suburban Detroit, The Damned is rich with metaphor, setting and tension. ...And it moves like a cat.
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This is wonderfully potent storytelling, and he's always great to talk with.
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The event is at the Waterloo Public Library and Words Worth Books is very pleased to bring Andrew back to Waterloo with the co-operation of the WPL and the Canadian Authors Association.
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Tuesday, April 28, 7 pm
FREE EVENT - Seating is limited