The Burn Palace

By Stephen Dobyns

Book Overview

"One of the best of the best...You can't ask for more than this book gives. I loved it." - Stephen King

"An exquisitely unexpected, delightfully believable exploration of what normal looks like when it goes through the (evil) looking glass." --Oprah.com

The sleepy community of Brewster, Rhode Island, is just like any other small American town. It's a place where most of its inhabitants will die blocks from where they were born; where gossip spreads like wildfire, and the big weekend entertainment is the inevitable fight at the local bar. But recently, something out of the ordinary--perhaps even supernatural--has been stirring. While packs of coyotes gather and a baby is stolen and replaced with a snake, a series of inexplicably violent acts confounds Detective Woody Potter--and inspires terror in the locals.

A Richard Russo small-town tableau crossed with a Stephen King thriller, The Burn Palace is a darkly funny, twisted portrait of chaos and paranoia that keeps readers guessing until the final pages.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142180440
• ISBN13: 9780142180440
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher