Gothic Readers Book Club

Peter Straub's Ghost Story is a tale straight out of the Gothic classic literary style. Monstrous deeds, decades of guilt, revenge, and death stalk the pages of this timeless novel. Straub's narrative is complex and challenges the reader's notion of reality and fantasy. As young men, these four committed a most foul deed. But what is really happening fifty years later? What is truth and what is supernatural? Does it matter in the end if the mind believes? Straub captures the tone, suspense, and atmosphere of Gothic with skill and style.

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