Eggp’s Reviews > Ghost > Status Update

95. Helen Simpson - The Festival of the Immortals, 2 stars. Elderly women catch up at literary festival.
96. Fay Weldon - Grandpa's Ghost, 3 stars. Unresolved family issues make an unhappy and unwanted home.
97. James Robertson - Ghost, 1 star. Woman sees some wind in the garden.

91. Ben Okri - Belonging, 2 stars. Man enjoys his mistaken identity.
92. Adam Marek - Dinner of the Dead Alumni, 3 stars. Man stalks woman while his wife struggles with their twins.
93. Michael Marshall Smith - Sad, Dark Thing, stars. Lonely man takes the wrong road, comes home with something.
94. Joanne Rush - Guests, 4 stars. Husband goes away for work, his work shows up at home.

83. Kelly Link - The Specialist's Hat, 2 stars. Creepy twins in creepy poet's old creepy house.
84. Phyllis Alesia Perry - Stigmata [extract], 2 stars. Girl has visions of the past.
85. Ali Smith - The Hanging Girl, 3 stars. Woman feels something following her.
86. Kate Atkinson - Temporal Anomaly, 3 stars. Woman hangs around after car accident.

79. Kazuo Ishiguro - The Gourmet, 3 stars. Man with exotic taste seeks something otherworldly.
80. Tananarive Due - Prologue, 1963, 3 stars. Nana takes very good care of her grandson.
81. Joyce Carol Oates - Nobody Knows My Name, 2 stars. Big sister isn't impressed with new baby.
82. Hilary Mantel - Terminus, 2 stars. Looking for dad in the usual places.

75. Louise Erdrich - Fleur, 4 stars. Cursed(?) girl gets work at a butcher's shop.
76. Tim O'Brien - The Lives of the Dead, 3 stars. The one that got away was nine years old.
77. Jewelle Gomez - Off-Broadway: 1971, 3 stars. Vampire makes a new pal.
78. Angela Carter - Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost, 3 stars. Three versions of Cinderella.

71. J.G. Ballard - The Dead Astronaut, 5 stars. Obsessed woman wants to collect astronaut's remains.
72. Robert Nye - Randal, 4 stars. Sisters share a hot bath after an unsatisfactory meal.
73. Ruth Rendell - The Vinegar Mother, stars. Child's holiday with well-off friend goes awry.
74. William Trevor - The Death of Peggy Meehan, 3 stars. Sheltered child dreams death of classmate.

Wiki: "He wouldn’t just steal your eggs. Or your hen. Not Gregor MacGregor. Ambitious, he was. Steal your eggs and your hen. That was Gregor."

67. Elizabeth Taylor - Poor Girl, 3 stars. Governess becomes infatuated.
68. Richard Brautigan - Memory of a Girl, 1 star. An insurance building has trees around it.
69. Tove Jansson - Black-White, 2 stars. Illustrator spends time away from his wife.
70. Stephen King - The Mangler, 3 stars. Bloodthirsty machine created by unfortunate series of events.

63. Flann O'Brien - Two in One, 4 stars. Taxidermy apprentice takes feud too far.
64. Yukio Mishima - Swaddling Clothes, 2 stars. Woman can't stop thinking about improperly wrapped newborn.
65. Rosemary Timperley - Harry, 4 stars. Little girl has creepy imaginary friend.
66. Muriel Spark - The Girl I Left Behind Me, 4 stars. Office girl forgets something at work.

58. Elizabeth Bowen - The Demon Lover, 4 stars. A long-forgotten promise is kept.
59. Sir Alec Guinness - Money for Jam, 2 stars. Dangerous storm ruins simple plan.
60. Stevie Smith - Is There a Life Beyond the Gravy?, 2 stars. Surreal relatives visit uncle.
61. Ray Bradbury - Mars is Heaven/The Third Expedition, 5 stars. [2016]
62. Shirley Jackson - The Tooth, stars. Tripping balls before/after dental procedure.