--- Anders Engwall <
Anders.Engwall@uab.ericsson.se> wrote:
>
> ...the one Farris novel I have, THE CORPSE
NEXT
> DOOR,
> is actually "pure" HB with no horror in it at
all.
> It's
> been a while since I read it, but I remember it
as
> being
> pretty good. Did Farris write anything else
like
> this
> one?
> --
>
Never read THE CORPSE NEXT DOOR but I believe that is one of
the first novels he wrote. He wrote a handful of crime novels
and mainstream stuff(some series about kids in the same high
school....they all had HARRISON HIGH in the title)before he
started on the horror path. I can't speak for the real early
stuff because I've never read any of it. Although most of his
stuff since the early 70's has been full-blown supernatural
horror fiction, he has written the occasional
non-supernatural dark suspense/crime novel. My favorites
among these are SHARP PRACTICE and THE CAPTORS(a great
kidnapping story which has the distinction of being one of
only three books in which I can literally say 'I read it in
one sitting'). If you wanted to try his supernatural
stuff(most of which is excellent) I would recommend starting
with SACRIFICE.
Roy
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