Description
| Product ID: | 9781594749810 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Title: | Paperbacks from Hell |
| Subtitle: | The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction |
| Authors: | Author: Grady Hendrix |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Book design and Bookbinding, Book design, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1980 to c 1990 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Celebrating the weird, gory, freaky, amazing horror fiction of the 70s and 80s. With vintage art, hilarious commentary, recommended reading, and poignant creator biographies. From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club''s Guide to Slaying Vampires comes a nostalgic and unflinchingly funny celebration of the horror fiction boom of the 1970s and ’80s. Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of two iconic decades . . . if you dare. Page through dozens and dozens of amazing book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, and knife-wielding killer crabs! Read shocking plot summaries that invoke devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate! Horror author and vintage paperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that tried so hard to be the next Exorcist or Rosemary’s Baby. Complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles, this unforgettable volume dishes on familiar authors like V. C. Andrews and R. L. Stine, plus many more who’ve faded into obscurity. Also included are recommendations for which of these forgotten treasures are well worth your reading time and which should stay buried. |
| Imprint Name: | Quirk Books |
| Publisher Name: | Quirk Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-09-19 |