![]() ![]() The first, and scariest, half of the book takes place on the farm, as the ghost makes its power, and its purpose, known. Jude is supported by an over-eager assistant he can’t stand, and Georgia, the latest in a string of much younger Goth girlfriends. He is smart enough to grab you early with the promise of malevolence, and he creates a memorable, original protagonist in Jude (picture a more coherent Ozzy without the family), a man who is content to ride out his residuals and fame in a secluded farmhouse in the country. Of course, what seemed a lark to Jude Coyne turns out to be the real deal: a veritable ghost, of the mean variety, attaches himself to Jude and starts to wreak havoc.Īll this happens in the first few chapters of the book, and pace, at least at the beginning, is one of Hill’s strong suits. What arrives in the mail is the suit of a dead man, packed in the heart-shaped box of the title. An out-to-pasture death-metal rock star with a penchant for occult objects - drawings by John Wayne Gacy, a snuff film - bids on the internet for a ghost and wins it. ![]() Joe Hill’s first novel, Heart-Shaped Box, begins with a first-rate and timely premise for a ghost story. ![]() There had to be more to the dead man than black marks over his eyes and a curved razor on a golden chain. Jude could believe in a ghost but not a boogeyman, a pure incarnation of evil. ![]()
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