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![]() | The Night Country (2003) Or, the Darkness on the Edge of Town A novel by Stewart O'Nan |
| "...scary, sad, funny...mesmerizing read..." Stephen King |
At Midnight on Halloween in a cloistered New England suburb, a car carrying five teenagers leaves a winding road and slams into a tree, killing three of them. One escapes unharmed, another suffers severe brain damage. A year later, summoned by the memories of those closest to them, the three that died come back on a last chilling mission among the living.
A strange and unsettling ghost story in the tradition of Ray Bradbury and Shirley Jackson, The Night Country creeps through the leaf-strewn streets and quiet cul-de-sacs of one bedroom community, reaching into the desperately connected yet isolated lives of three people changed forever by the accident: Tim, who survived yet lost everything; Brooks, the cop whose guilty secret has destroyed his life; and Kyle's mom, trying to love the new son the doctors returned to her. As the day wanes and darkness falls, one of them puts a terrible plan into effect, and they find themselves caught in a collision of need and desire, watched over by the knowing ghosts.
Macabre and moving, The Night Country elevates every small town's bad high school crash into myth, finding the deeper human truth beneath a shared and very American tragedy. As in his highly-prized Snow Angels and A Prayer for the Dying, once again Stewart O'Nan gives us an intimate look at people trying to hold on to hope, and the consequences when they fail.
Genre: Mystery
A strange and unsettling ghost story in the tradition of Ray Bradbury and Shirley Jackson, The Night Country creeps through the leaf-strewn streets and quiet cul-de-sacs of one bedroom community, reaching into the desperately connected yet isolated lives of three people changed forever by the accident: Tim, who survived yet lost everything; Brooks, the cop whose guilty secret has destroyed his life; and Kyle's mom, trying to love the new son the doctors returned to her. As the day wanes and darkness falls, one of them puts a terrible plan into effect, and they find themselves caught in a collision of need and desire, watched over by the knowing ghosts.
Macabre and moving, The Night Country elevates every small town's bad high school crash into myth, finding the deeper human truth beneath a shared and very American tragedy. As in his highly-prized Snow Angels and A Prayer for the Dying, once again Stewart O'Nan gives us an intimate look at people trying to hold on to hope, and the consequences when they fail.
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
February 2004 : Hardback
| Title: The Night Country (Thorndike Core) Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 078626179X / 9780786261796 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
October 2003 : Hardback
| Title: The Night Country : A Novel Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 0374222150 / 9780374222154 (USA edition) Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
Paperback Editions
September 2005 : Paperback
| Title: The Night Country Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 0747571740 / 9780747571742 (UK edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
September 2004 : Paperback
| Title: The Night Country: A Novel Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 0312424078 / 9780312424077 (USA edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
October 2004 : Paperback
| Title: The Night Country Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 0747571694 / 9780747571698 (UK edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Availability: Amazon UK |
Audio Editions
October 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: The Night Country Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 1469238276 / 9781469238272 Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
October 2012 : MP3 CD
| Title: The Night Country Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 1469238268 / 9781469238265 Publisher: Brilliance Corporation Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
October 2004 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Night Country Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 1593552351 / 9781593552350 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio Paperback Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
June 2004 : MP3 CD
| Title: The Night Country Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 1593355114 / 9781593355111 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
June 2004 : MP3 CD
| Title: The Night Country Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 1593352425 / 9781593352424 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Corporation Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
October 2003 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Night Country Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 1593552327 / 9781593552329 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
October 2003 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Night Country Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 1593552343 / 9781593552343 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
October 2003 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Night Country Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 1593552335 / 9781593552336 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Kindle Editions
October 2004 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Night Country: A Novel Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: B004RCNVAI Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Availability: Amazon |
October 2003 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Night Country: A Novel Author(s):: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: B002D48NXC Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon |
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