A dazzlingly original, award-winning collection of visions and nightmares from the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Heart-Shaped Box. "Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . . Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . . Francis is unhappy. ...
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A dazzlingly original, award-winning collection of visions and nightmares from the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Heart-Shaped Box. "Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . . Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . . Francis is unhappy. Francis was human once, but that was then. Now he's an eight-foot-tall locust and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . . John Finney is locked in a basement that's stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead. . . . This collection includes the story "Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead," not available in the previous U.K. edition.
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Add this copy of 20th Century Ghosts to cart. $3.72, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Books on Tape.
These stories are fun, entertaining, and perfect for just before turning out the lights! I especially enjoyed "Pop Art" - a very imaginative treatment of a friendship story between one boy and another who was the subject of extreme ridicule and prejudice. Also standing out for me was "The Cape," with a real O Henry ending! Joe Hill has the chops to follow in his dad's footsteps.
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