Publisher: Outskirts Press Format: Trade Hardcover Length: 212 pages This book is issued unsigned but our copies are autographed by the author. Additionally, this copy will come with a bonus promotional puzzle also signed by the author. Publisher Description: For the faculty, students, and alumni of Bendleton University, The Literary Six was the scourge of its collective existence for four long years. Notorious across the campus for its snobby witticisms and scathing critiques of the university, its faculty, its students, and its founders, this elite group of college literati fashioned itself in the likeness of Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Round Table - an irreverent group of playwrights, theatre critics, and novelists who regularly lunched at the historic Algonquin Hotel in the 1920s. Indeed, graduation day for the members of The Literary Six brought a sigh of relief for many on the receiving end of the group's caustic pen. As members of The Literary Six disbanded after graduation and went on to pursue careers as successful novelists, journalists, publishers, editors, and academics, they made a pact to reunite and celebrate the glory days of their scandalous collegiate association. This year, the six members of the infamous literary club are making their way to Shelter Rock Island, to the home of fellow member and bestselling authoress Taylor Miller and her television producer husband for a New Year's Eve weekend of rekindled friendships, reminiscing, and unrequited love. But this year's annual reunion will be like no other; a face from their collective past will be joining them. And as the island is cut off from the mainland in a winter storm that blankets the New England coastline, the members of The Literary Six will face retribution for the sins committed through their literary transgressions at the hands of a malevolence none of them could have conjured in the deepest recesses of their creative minds. And as the snow falls in silence around them, The Literary Six will begin to fall, one by one, and a desperate struggle for survival will unfold. "In The Literary Six, Vince Liaguno crafts a well-written homage to the various slasher horror films. The story is heavily character-driven with a great deal of attention given to the members and the relationships of the members of the titular group. Liaguno does a great job of keeping the reader's attention with this gripping story. While anyone who has watched any of the multitudes of slasher movies will be able to identify the plot devices and vehicles in the story, Liaguno's storytelling is superior. If you see a friend trying to check out a slasher movie, take that movie out of their hand and give them a copy of The Literary Six. They will thank you for it." - MonsterLibrarian.com "By writing The Literary Six, Vince Liaguno has accomplished a rare and unusual feat: the creation of an excellent, scary slasher movie in the form of a novel. Liaguno does a wonderful job of capturing the “essence” of the cinematic slasher in the pages of his novel. His slasher is a horrifying slasher indeed – an impressive literary creation that becomes more complex (I’ll go into this later in the entry) as the story goes along. Wes Craven’s Scream attracted a lot of attention because of its intertextuality: a slasher movie that was aware of itself as participating in a larger body of slasher movies. Liaguno’s novel contains a similar intertextuality, but his story does not contain the postmodern irony of the Craven films. In other words, this novel is an homage to the slasher genre while simultaneously offering a genuine slasher movie experience." – Chad Helder, Author of The Pop-Up Book of Death "It’s likely that you’ve never heard of Vince A. Liaguno before, but I’m predicting his name will be common within the horror genre before long. When I accept review assignments, I try my hardest to find something I can offer the author as constructive criticism from the average readers’ point of view. Most of my reviews are for first time authors who generally have obvious weaknesses that are easy to point out. Vince A. Liaguno has provided a challenge I can’t overcome! This is Liaguno’s first novel, but he certainly doesn’t make it obvious. He writes as if he’s been doing this for years. The characters are believable and provided with richly described settings to live in - or, in this case, die in. The Literary Six is a great read." - TCM Reviews Availability: Usually ships within 2-3 business days. Retail price: $24.95 |
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