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BL
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999475
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b753845
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| Main Entry
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Bail, Paul.
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| Title & Author
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John Saul : : a critical companion /\ Paul Bail.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Greenwood Press,, 1996.
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| Series Statement
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Critical companions to popular contemporary writers,
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1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0313317305
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: 9780313317309
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0313295751
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9780313295751
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index.
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| Contents
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Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. The Life of John Saul; 2. The Horror Genre; 3. Suffer the Children (1977); 4. Punish the Sinners (1978); 5. The God Project (1982); 6. Brainchild (1985); 7. Sleepwalk (1990); 8. Second Child (1990); 9. Darkness (1991); 10. Shadows (1992); 11. The Homing (1994); 12. Black Lightning (1995); Selected Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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This is the first book-length study of best-selling writer John Saul's psychological and supernatural thrillers. Author Paul Bail compares John Saul's novels to a cocktail: (mix) one part & i. Psycho, one part The Exorcist, a dash of Turn of the Screw, blend well, and serve thoroughly chillingly. Bail traces John Saul's literary career from his 1977 debut novel Suffer the Children--the first paperback original ever to make the New York Times best seller list--to his most recent novel, Black Lightning (1995). It features detailed analyses of eleven of his novels. The study includes never-before-pub.
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Saul, John-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Saul, John (Schriftsteller)
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Saul, John.
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| Subject
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3569.A787Z55 1996eb
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