Woman in the Closet

by Kenneth J. Harvey

"Harvey has been compared to Stephen King and David Cronenberg...He writes with vitriolic despair and pushes the edges of reality with conviction."? Calgary Herald

"Harvey has crafted a psychodrama worthy of Alfred Hitchcock."? The Fiddlehead

"Harvey?s writing is as sharp as a flensing probing, pointed, and economical. The pace is brisk, breathtaking, disorienting."? Telegraph Journal

Paperback

First published September 16, 1999

About the author

International bestselling author Kenneth J. Harvey's books are published in Canada, the US, the UK, Russia, Germany, China, Japan, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark and France. He has won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, the Winterset Award, Italy's Libro Del Mare, and has been nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and twice for both the Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. His editorials have appeared on CBC Radio, in The Times (London) and in most major Canadian newspapers, including The Globe & Mail, National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Telegraph Journal, Vancouver Sun, Toronto Star and Halifax Daily News. Harvey sits on the board of directors of the Ottawa International Writers Festival.

Reviews

[Shari · Rating 3 out of 5]

I first read Kenneth Harvey after rescuing one of his books from a throw-away bin at the local book store. I was enthralled enough by that first read to seek out this one.

This is a very interesting, bizarre, twisted, sometimes graphic and definitely intense thriller. Having said that, it doesn't always feel that way. I know, that makes no sense at all...unless you've read it.

The author has a style of writing that makes me stop several times to reread something because I almost can't believe what I just read. I will be in the middle of what feels like a fairly inane paragraph and I have to go back because I have a 'did that really just happen' moment. Some might say the whole thing is shocking, and they couldn't stomach it, but I'm not shocked by much. I actually like how the author takes such an intense and sometimes grotesque story line and weaves it as if if were just everyday life.

Again, this may not make sense unless you've read it. It might not even make sense then, because honestly I am still trying to make sense of it myself. It stays with you in that way, but that's not a bad thing. It's what I like about this author and what will make me read more of his work.