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A charismatic young writer reinvents the gothic novel, bringing a fresh energy to our darkest myths and deepest horrors in an expectation-defying tale of adolescent deception, ravenous violence, and rumors of werewolves.
The body of a young girl is found mangled and murdered in the woods of Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania, in the shadow of the abandoned Godfrey Steel Mill. A manhunt ensues-though the authorities aren't sure if it's a man they should be looking for.
Some suspect an escapee from the White Tower, a foreboding biotech facility owned by the Godfrey family, where some suspect that biological experiments of the most unethical kind take place. Others turn to Peter Rumancek, a Gypsy trailer-trash kid who has told impressionable high school classmates that he's a werewolf. Or perhaps it's Roman, the son of the late JR Godfrey, who rules the adolescent social scene with the casual arrogance of a cold-blooded aristocrat, his superior status unquestioned despite his decidedly freakish sister, Shelley, whose monstrous medical conditions belie a sweet intelligence, and his otherworldly, sexy control freak of a mother, Olivia. As the crime goes unsolved and the police seem more and more willing to believe any outlandish rumor, Peter and Roman decide the only way to save their own skins is to find the killer themselves. Along the way they uncover local secrets and designs that are much bigger than some small-town murder.
Hemlock Grove is an exhilarating reinvention of the gothic novel, inspired by the iconic characters of our greatest myths and nightmares. At once a riveting mystery and a fascinating revelation of the grotesque and darkness within, Hemlock Grove has the architecture and energy to become a classic in its own right-and Brian McGreevy, the talent and ambition to enthrall us for years to come. Track 1Title Info. Dedication.
Part 1: Adumbratio. Something Happened
Nothing Weird about It
Morbid Curiosity
You're Not the Only One
The Angel
A Pattern
Peripeteia
Part 2: Numinosum. The Order of the Dragon
A Very Hirsute Young Man
A Few Other Adjectives
The Taste of Fear
In Poor Taste
Inch by Inch
Hello, Handsome
Rational Agents
These Lowly Creatures
No Upward Limit
A Large Bad Thing
Wouldn't You Love to Think So
The Most Fun a Girl Can Have without Taking Her Clothes Off
The Crucible
Those Who Are Able We Invite You to Rise
A Measure of Disorder
You Are Not on Solid Ground
Catabasis
Peter's Hierarchy of Shit He Can Live Without
Part 3: The Forever Howl. The Fence
God Doesn't Want You to Be Happy, He Wants You to Be Strong
Wisdom Is Where the Brain Meets the Heart
The Price
You Moved
Black Run
Peripeteia, Redux
You Must Make Your Heart Steel
The Boy Who Made Water of Ribbons
"It takes a rare stroke of genius to reconfigure the gothic novel within the postindustrial barrens of steel country and another entirely to upstage this conceit with a mythic and ambitious story of adolescence and alienation. Like a collaboration between Edgar Allan Poe and J. D. Salinger, this is a real emerging talent."
"A wonderfully creative and twisted reinvention of classic monster archetypes, wrapped up in a mysterious thriller. I loved it. Brian McGreevy is a welcome new voice in horror literature, but be warned: it's not for the faint of heart, or stomach."
"Hemlock Grove is a sly blend of J. D. Salinger and Mary Shelley and will appeal to a broad base of fans captivated by these rich characters and stunning visuals."
"McGreevy cleverly contemporizes the gothic novel, underlining the isolations of modern-day technology and adolescence."
"[An] unexpected, gothic monster mash of a debut…McGreevy writes with a facility that recalls the Jonathans Lethem and Franzen, and his short, quixotic chapters are masterworks of holding the unspeakable just far enough offstage to make it genuinely unnerving. At its core, the novel is a juicy soap opera, complete
The body of a young girl is found mangled and murdered in the woods of Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania, in the shadow of the abandoned Godfrey Steel Mill. A manhunt ensues-though the authorities aren't sure if it's a man they should be looking for.
Some suspect an escapee from the White Tower, a foreboding biotech facility owned by the Godfrey family, where some suspect that biological experiments of the most unethical kind take place. Others turn to Peter Rumancek, a Gypsy trailer-trash kid who has told impressionable high school classmates that he's a werewolf. Or perhaps it's Roman, the son of the late JR Godfrey, who rules the adolescent social scene with the casual arrogance of a cold-blooded aristocrat, his superior status unquestioned despite his decidedly freakish sister, Shelley, whose monstrous medical conditions belie a sweet intelligence, and his otherworldly, sexy control freak of a mother, Olivia. As the crime goes unsolved and the police seem more and more willing to believe any outlandish rumor, Peter and Roman decide the only way to save their own skins is to find the killer themselves. Along the way they uncover local secrets and designs that are much bigger than some small-town murder.
Hemlock Grove is an exhilarating reinvention of the gothic novel, inspired by the iconic characters of our greatest myths and nightmares. At once a riveting mystery and a fascinating revelation of the grotesque and darkness within, Hemlock Grove has the architecture and energy to become a classic in its own right-and Brian McGreevy, the talent and ambition to enthrall us for years to come. Track 1Title Info. Dedication.
Part 1: Adumbratio. Something Happened
Nothing Weird about It
Morbid Curiosity
You're Not the Only One
The Angel
A Pattern
Peripeteia
Part 2: Numinosum. The Order of the Dragon
A Very Hirsute Young Man
A Few Other Adjectives
The Taste of Fear
In Poor Taste
Inch by Inch
Hello, Handsome
Rational Agents
These Lowly Creatures
No Upward Limit
A Large Bad Thing
Wouldn't You Love to Think So
The Most Fun a Girl Can Have without Taking Her Clothes Off
The Crucible
Those Who Are Able We Invite You to Rise
A Measure of Disorder
You Are Not on Solid Ground
Catabasis
Peter's Hierarchy of Shit He Can Live Without
Part 3: The Forever Howl. The Fence
God Doesn't Want You to Be Happy, He Wants You to Be Strong
Wisdom Is Where the Brain Meets the Heart
The Price
You Moved
Black Run
Peripeteia, Redux
You Must Make Your Heart Steel
The Boy Who Made Water of Ribbons
"It takes a rare stroke of genius to reconfigure the gothic novel within the postindustrial barrens of steel country and another entirely to upstage this conceit with a mythic and ambitious story of adolescence and alienation. Like a collaboration between Edgar Allan Poe and J. D. Salinger, this is a real emerging talent."
"A wonderfully creative and twisted reinvention of classic monster archetypes, wrapped up in a mysterious thriller. I loved it. Brian McGreevy is a welcome new voice in horror literature, but be warned: it's not for the faint of heart, or stomach."
"Hemlock Grove is a sly blend of J. D. Salinger and Mary Shelley and will appeal to a broad base of fans captivated by these rich characters and stunning visuals."
"McGreevy cleverly contemporizes the gothic novel, underlining the isolations of modern-day technology and adolescence."
"[An] unexpected, gothic monster mash of a debut…McGreevy writes with a facility that recalls the Jonathans Lethem and Franzen, and his short, quixotic chapters are masterworks of holding the unspeakable just far enough offstage to make it genuinely unnerving. At its core, the novel is a juicy soap opera, complete