![]() ![]() ![]() As the story unfolds, their past is revealed to hold a murder from their youth, and they begin to fear that the young woman they killed has returned to take revenge upon them. The protagonists, lifelong friends who call themselves the "Chowder Society," gather periodically to reminisce and share ghost stories. When one of them dies suddenly, the surviving men find themselves haunted by dreams in which they also die. The story takes place in the fictional town of Milburn, New York, and is told from the alternating points of view of five men in their old age. ![]() His first supernatural novel, Julia, was published in 1975 at the suggestion of. Though his earlier books had achieved a limited amount of critical and commercial success, Ghost Story became a national bestseller and cemented the author's reputation. Author Peter Straub has died at the age of 79 on Sunday night, according to Locus magazine and Straub’s family. LOST BOY LOST GIRL and IN THE NIGHT ROOM are. The novel was a watershed in Straub's career. Peter Straub was the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, most recently of A DARK MATTER. The book was adapted into a film by the same name in 1981, minus the novel's fifth protagonist character, Lewis Benedikt. It was published on Januby Coward, McCann and Geoghegan. Ghost Story is a horror novel by American writer Peter Straub. publishers, New York hardbound with grey and black boards and gilt lettering on cover and spine very good condition with unmarked pages dust jacket very good. 1979 "First Edition" stated Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. ![]()
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