Trick or Treat

by Lesley Glaister

Book Overview

An unsettling sense of menace and violence link the eccentric lives of an obese yet still sensual senior citizen, a lonely eight-year-old boy, and an obsessive widow, living in adjoining houses in a seemingly placid English city.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689121407
• ISBN13: 9780689121401
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

This book is exquisite.

I came upon this book quite accidentally at the Portland library and couldn't feel more fortunate. Lesley Glaister constructs a sensitive and almost sinister novel that is unlike any you are likely to read. The characters are colorful yet firmly rooted in the real world and their stories resonate with a sombre humor. From the senile yet sensuous next door neighbor to the local child molester to a terrific surprise ending, 'Trick Or Treat' is as sublime as it is satisfying. I cannot reccommend this unexpected delight highly enough