Burnt Offerings (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

Burnt Offerings (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so when they get the chance to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire summer for only $900, itâ€™s an offer thatâ€™s too good to refuse. Thereâ€™s only one catch: behind a strange and intricately carved door in a distant wing of the house lives elderly Mrs. Allardyce, and the Rolfes will be responsible for preparing her meals.

But Mrs. Allardyce never seems to emerge from her room, and it soon becomes clear that something weird and terrifying is happening in the house. As the suspense builds towards a revelation of what really lies behind that locked door, the Rolfes will discover that their cheap vacation rental comes at a terrible cost . . .

The basis for a classic 1976 film adaptation and an acknowledged influence on Stephen Kingâ€™s The Shining, Burnt Offerings is one of the most original and scariest haunted house novels ever written. This edition, the first in decades, features a new introduction by award-winning author Stephen Graham Jones.

â€œBurnt Offerings has no peer. Better than Rosemaryâ€™s Baby, The Other, and The Exorcist.â€ - Hartford Courant

â€œInsidiously frightening . . . It snares you early and draws you inexorably to one of the most nerve-shattering finales in years.â€ - Publishers Weekly

â€œJust pick a quiet place and an uninterrupted time to read this novel. Youâ€™ll be inclined to jump at sudden noises or even hurl the book at intruders.â€ - Chicago Tribune
Country USA
Manufacturer Valancourt Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-03-17
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Valancourt Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-03-17
Format	Kindle eBook

Burnt Offerings (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

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