The Apparition Phase - Shortlisted for the 2021 McKitterick Prize (Hardcover)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MCKITTERICK PRIZE 2021 'A delight for both the expert and the uninitiated, this creepy tale is a carapace of cosy nostalgia wrapped round a solid thread of dread ... A page turner that keeps you in dreaded suspense of what you are about to be shown ... A claustrophobic and entertaining read that left me breathless ... Horror for the connoisseur.' ALICE LOWE 'Hallucinatory brilliance ... The Apparition Phase may be the perfect novel for our phantom present.' GUARDIAN ___________________________________ Tim and Abi have always been different from their peers. Precociously bright, they spend their evenings in their parents' attic discussing the macabre and unexplained, zealously re-reading books on folklore, hauntings and the supernatural. In particular, they are obsessed with photographs of ghostly apparitions and the mix of terror and delight they provoke in their otherwise boring and safe childhoods. But when Tim and Abi decide to fake a photo of a ghost to frighten an unpopular school friend, they set in motion a deadly and terrifying chain of events that neither of them could have predicted, and are forced to confront the possibility that what began as a callous prank might well have taken on a malevolent life of its own. An unsettling literary ghost story set between a claustrophobic British suburban town and a menacing Suffolk manor, THE APPARITION PHASE is an unnerving novel, which, like all the best ghost stories, pushes us repeatedly over the line between rational explanation and inexplicable fear. It asks us to consider what might be lurking in the shadows, and questions what is real and what is simply a trick of the mind - and whether there's really a difference between the two. ___________________________________ '[T]his outstanding debut is ideal for fans of Andrew Michael Hurley.' METRO

General

Imprint:	William Heinemann Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2020
Authors:	Will Maclean
Dimensions:	223 x 144 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-1-78515-237-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Horror & ghost stories
LSN:	1-78515-237-8
Barcode:	9781785152375

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