false <![CDATA[Dark Harvest]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181838607m/1201724.jpg 1201724 2 <div><div><div>Halloween, 1963.<b> </b>They call him the October Boy, or Ol&#8217; Hacksaw Face, or Sawtooth Jack. Whatever the name, everybody in this small Midwestern town knows who he is. How he rises from the cornfields every Halloween, a butcher knife in his hand, and makes his way toward town, where gangs of teenage boys eagerly await their chance to confront the legendary nightmare. Both the hunter and the hunted, the October Boy is the prize in an annual rite of life and death. <br><br>Pete McCormick knows that killing the October Boy is his one chance to escape a dead-end future in this one-horse town. He&#8217;s willing to risk everything, including his life, to be a winner for once. But before the night is over, Pete will look into the saw-toothed face of horror--and discover the terrifying true secret of the October Boy . . .<br><br>Winner of the Stoker Award and named one of the 100 Best Novels of 2006 by <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, <i>Dark Harvest</i> is a powerhouse thrill-ride with all the resonance of Shirley Jackson&#8217;s "The Lottery."</div></div></div> 1249028 4 9 2007 Dark Harvest total:149|5:34|4:59|3:38|2:13|1:5| 149 551 280 44 5 4 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 11:26:43 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 10:25:35 -0700 2007
I came to Norm Partridge's ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 13:14:45 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 21:07:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Oct 03 11:22:19 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 11:31:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 21:03:46 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 22:00:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 09:59:05 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 10:04:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 14 06:59:07 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 06:59:39 -0700 2009
The prose is lean, mean, and to the point. You strap yourself into this book, and it doesn't let up for the next 176 pages. Best described as dark fantasy rather than horror (I never h...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 14:13:12 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 13:59:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 10 06:10:47 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 05 12:02:50 -0700 2009 1
I personally like the "every town" approach. I don't like it ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 06:41:55 -0800 2008 Tue May 13 11:03:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 16 21:41:50 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 17:52:55 -0800 2007 I'm not quite as thrilled as the horror authors who give such glowing praise in all the blurbs inside the cover, but I definitely had a blast...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 11:41:51 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 11:42:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 08:12:42 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 08:18:05 -0800 2008
1) It had a cool cover.
2) There was a brief but positive review of it in Rue Morgue Magazine.
3) It was pretty short, and looked like a quick read.

Needless to say, I wasn't expecting too much from it - nothing more than a qui...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 21:44:22 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 22:44:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 25 15:40:19 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 15:41:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 13:18:56 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 22:35:32 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 02 12:14:12 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 30 13:32:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 21:52:19 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 16:58:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 13:35:56 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 13:47:21 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jun 10 19:53:42 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 19:55:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 07:59:04 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 12:43:38 -0700 2008 This is the first I've read of Norman Partridge, and I was quite absorbed through it. He tells the story in the 2nd person, wh...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1201724