false 1854160 4 An extraordinary ghost story from a modern master, published just in time for Halloween. In the apartment of Oliver's old professor at Cambridge, there is a painting on the wall, a mysterious depiction of masked revelers at the Venice carnival. On this cold winter's night, the old professor has decided to reveal the painting's eerie secret. The dark art of the Venetian scene, instead of imitating life, has the power to entrap it. To stare into the painting is to play dangerously with the unseen demons it hides, and become the victim of its macabre beauty. <br><br>By the renowned storyteller Susan Hill--whose first ghost story, <i>The Woman in Black</i>, has run for eighteen years as a play in London's West End--here is a new take on a form that is fully classical and, in Hill's able hands, newly vital. <i>The Man in the Picture</i> is a haunting tale of loss, love, and the very basest fear of our beings. 1854741 11 12 2007 The Man in the Picture: A Ghost Story total:216|5:31|4:82|3:71|2:26|1:6| 216 754 349 76 4 2 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 25 00:23:52 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 00:25:47 -0800 2008
Great momentum, appropriately brief--reminds me of the rhythm from some of the best HP L...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 09:34:22 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 10:28:48 -0800 2009 The Woman in Black. Hill works with atmosphere rather than outright shock or horror, and this creepy little tale within a tale within a tale is no exception, generating its own unsettling impact while nodding gracefully ...more...]]> 1 2 true false Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 13:44:49 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 13:50:17 -0700 2008 1 2 2 false false Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 09:26:12 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 16:26:20 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 20:18:27 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 14:10:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 17:50:57 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 17:51:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 14:14:45 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 15:00:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false true Thu Oct 09 07:01:02 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 11:23:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 16:01:59 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 08:57:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 10:19:38 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 12:34:52 -0700 2009
This is a short little ghost story and it really captures your attention. I did keep thinking that I'd heard/read it somewhere before though. Like maybe there was a short film or episode of twilight zone or something based on it. ??

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It was gone.

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In reality, THE MAN IN THE PICTURE is a short, slight piece, no longer than many stories being published in genre anthologies, with the outcome telegrap...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 08 14:00:10 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 14:05:25 -0800 2008 That don't impress me much...if you wish, because it's a very small book, and a page-turner at that. You could probably read it in an hour. Anyhow, read it I did, avidly. A gripping tale, twisting and turning through time and place--mostl...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3419610