‘In any genre, a world-class author.’
CLIVE BARKER
‘Peter Straub is a fine storyteller.’
Washington Post
‘Straub is a master at creating an otherworldly type of fiction. It has earned him a fierce following.’
New York Daily News
‘No one is better than Straub at having whole communities rocked by the forces of wickedness.’
Observer
The new supernatural thriller from the acclaimed author of Koko, The Talisman, Floating Dragon and The Throat.
‘Mr. X marks Straub’s triumphant return to the tale of the paranormal and the supernatural... When Peter Straub turns on all his jets, no one in the scream factory can equal him. The plot is challenging, the characters are intriguing in their complexity and the language is a delight.’ STEPHEN KING
With international bestsellers such as Koko, The Talisman and The Throat, Peter Straub has established an outstanding critical reputation as a master of sophisticated thrillers that combine the satisfying complexity of multi-layered mysteries with the visceral power of horror. Now, in his new novel – a startlingly original supernatural thriller – he takes us into the darkest dimensions of the human psyche with his unnerving take on the theme of the doppelgänger.
Every year on his birthday, Ned Dunstan has a paralysing seizure in which he is forced to witness scenes of ruthless slaughter perpetrated by a mysterious figure in black whom he calls Mr. X. Now, with his birthday fast approaching, Ned has been drawn back to his home town, Edgerton, Illinois, by a premonition that his mother is dying.
Before she loosens her hold on life, she imparts to Ned the name of his father, never before disclosed, and warns him that he is in grave danger. Despite her foreboding, Ned’s determination to learn about his absent father ignites a series of extraordinary adventures that gradually reveal the heart of both his own identity and that of his entirely fantastic family.
He discovers that he is shadowed by an identical twin brother who can pass through doors and otherwise defy the laws of nature. When Ned becomes the lead suspect in three violent deaths in Edgerton, he begins to realise that he is not the only one who has come home...
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