Heart-Shaped Box af Joe Hill
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Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals...a used hangman's noose...a snuff film. An aging death-metal rock god, his taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans as the notorious excesses of his youth. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as dreadful as his latest discovery, an item for sale on the Internet, a thing so terribly strange, Jude cant help but reach for his wallet.
I will "sell" my stepfather's ghost to the highest bidder...
For a thousand dollars, Jude will become the proud owner of a dead man's suit, said to be haunted by a restless spirit. He isn't afraid. he has spent a lifetime coping with ghosts--of an abusive father, of the lovers he callously abandoned, of the band-mates he betrayed. What's one more?
But what UPS delivers to his door in a black heart-shaped box is no imaginary or metaphorical ghost, no benign conversation piece. It's the real thing.
And suddenly the suit's previous owner is everywhere: behind the bedroom door...seated in Jude's restored vintage Mustang...standing outside his window...staring out from his widescreen TV. Waiting--with a gleaming razor blade on a chain dangling from one bony hand...
I will "sell" my stepfather's ghost to the highest bidder...
For a thousand dollars, Jude will become the proud owner of a dead man's suit, said to be haunted by a restless spirit. He isn't afraid. he has spent a lifetime coping with ghosts--of an abusive father, of the lovers he callously abandoned, of the band-mates he betrayed. What's one more?
But what UPS delivers to his door in a black heart-shaped box is no imaginary or metaphorical ghost, no benign conversation piece. It's the real thing.
And suddenly the suit's previous owner is everywhere: behind the bedroom door...seated in Jude's restored vintage Mustang...standing outside his window...staring out from his widescreen TV. Waiting--with a gleaming razor blade on a chain dangling from one bony hand...
Hvor Hill's far (Stephen King, jeps du læste rigtigt) er en sand mester i at bygge spænding op, så smider Hill os bare direkte ud i det i bogen her - kun få sider inde i bogen møder vi det morderiske spøgelse, og så går den vilde jagt ellers. Jude og hans kæreste må kæmpe for deres liv, mens de flygter fra den gamle mand og forsøger at finde en vej ud af mareridtet. Heart-Shaped Box slutter af med lidt af et brag - men den blev aldrig rigtig uhyggelig hverken til sidst eller undervejs. Jeg var i begyndelsen skuffet over manglen på horror og ond creepy mental terror - indtil jeg endelig indså hvad Hill til gengæld gør rigtig godt. Han sælger læseren Jude - man tror på Jude, man holder af Jude, man hepper helt vildt på Jude - og sammen med Jude bliver man så interesseret i historien og det bagvedliggende plot. Det er ikke specielt revolutionerende, men det er okay solidt for en overnaturlig omgang kontakt med de døde.
Heart-Shaped Box endte altså ikke med at være den uhyggelige spøgelseshistorie, jeg troede, jeg fortjente, men den var muligvis den spændende roman, jeg havde brug for ... *fnis* jeg beklager den lamme Batman-analogi. Hill skriver rigtig godt, og jeg er spændt på næste bog, jeg har af hans - Horns (som også er en udmærket overnaturlig film med Daniel Radcliffe i rollen).
| HEART-SHAPED BOX af Joe Hill ISBN13: 9780575085428 406 sider / Udgivet i 2007 | 
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