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"What is the worst thing you've ever done?"
"I won't tell you that, but I'll tell you the worst thing that ever happened to me..."
And thus begins The Chowder Society - a group of men that have grown from late teens into their early to mid 50's together. They get together every so often and ask that question above - and one of them always answers with the 2nd line and continues with a story.
They have told each other many stories through the years. Dressed in a tie (bow ties typically) and dinner j ...more
"I won't tell you that, but I'll tell you the worst thing that ever happened to me..."
And thus begins The Chowder Society - a group of men that have grown from late teens into their early to mid 50's together. They get together every so often and ask that question above - and one of them always answers with the 2nd line and continues with a story.
They have told each other many stories through the years. Dressed in a tie (bow ties typically) and dinner j ...more
Although I don't think Peter Straub is quite the same as Stephen King in terms of creating an atmosphere of horror, this is still a fantastic book. A small town in New York, home of the remaining four elderly members of the whimsically named Chowder Society, suddenly finds itself in the depths of one of the worst winters imaginable, not just due to the weather, but also due to the number of people dying. Ricky Hawthorne, one of the men, knows that somehow they have brought the horror to the town
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While I did enjoy this book but it is a product of its time. It still held my interest and I will be reading more from Peter Straub. I just wish it was a little more scarier for me.
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