The Saturday Night Ghost Club: A Novel (Unabridged)
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
An irresistible and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of Stranger Things and Stand by Me about a group of misfit kids who spend an unforgettable summer investigating local ghost stories and urban legends
"A celebration of the secret lives of children, both their wonders and their horrors . . . Immensely enjoyable, piercingly clever, and satisfyingly soulful." -Jason Heller, NPR
Growing up in 1980s Niagara Falls - a seedy but magical, slightly haunted place - Jake Baker spends most of his time with his uncle Calvin, a kind but eccentric enthusiast of occult artifacts and conspiracy theories. The summer Jake turns twelve, he befriends a pair of siblings new to town, and so Calvin decides to initiate them all into the "Saturday Night Ghost Club." But as the summer goes on, what begins as a seemingly light-hearted project may ultimately uncover more than any of its members had imagined. With the alternating warmth and sadness of the best coming-of-age stories, The Saturday Night Ghost Club is a note-perfect novel that poignantly examines the haunting mutability of memory and storytelling, as well as the experiences that form the people we become, and establishes Craig Davidson as a remarkable literary talent.
Customer Reviews
Not a horror book but still wonderful.
I had expected this to be horror by its description and it wasn’t. What it was, however, was an immensely entertaining story about growing up in a small town and the thrills and scares of seeking out “old haunts”.
The old occult shop and the haunts throughout the town are backdrops to a beautiful and sometimes sad story. Though it wasn’t the genre I’d anticipated going in, I have to say it was great listen.