Robert Jackson Bennett was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, the Sydney J. Bounds Award, and an Edgar Award, he is the author of the novels Mr. Shivers, The Company Man, The Troupe, American Elsewhere, the Founders trilogy, and the Divine Cities trilogy, which was a Hugo Awards finalist in the Best /5(). · Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett, totally agree it is a cross of reading Stephen King and John Steinbeck, subtle almost subdued buildup relationships some firm some scant but after which at times left me anxious as you expect at any moment " Mr Shivers" will be engaged in bloody battle victorious or not/5. Amazon Best Books of the Month, January With his debut novel, Mr. Shivers, Southern writer Robert Jackson Bennett presents a pulpy, Great Depression horror story where a mysterious killer "trails death behind him."After his daughter is brutally murdered, a revenge-seeking Marcus Connelly leaves Memphis on a hunt across America's hobo camps and ghost towns for the grotesquely scarred Reviews:
Mr. Shivers by Bennett, Robert Jackson and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru Mr. Shivers is a novel by Robert Jackson Bennett and marks his literary www.doorway.ru was first published in hardback in the United States by Orbit Books on Janu. A paperback and audiobook release was also published during the same year; the audiobook is narrated by T. Ryder Smith. Set during the Great Depression, the book follows one man's attempt to take his revenge against the. A few thoughts about Robert Jackson Bennett's rail-riding, dust-bowling, hobo-chasing, secret-mark-inscribing debut novel, Mr. Shivers. Setting a literary horror novel in the Great Depression--and specifically in the Dust Bowl--is a clever thing to do. For one thing, your setting is custom-made. You've got towering clouds of dust blotting out the sun, you've got a barren,.
Robert Jackson Bennett makes a stunning debut with this deliciously dark tale sure to hold readers in its menacing thrall. The grinding poverty brought on by the Great Depression is nowhere more apparent than in the untold thousands looking for work along America's railroad system. Mr. Shivers is the debut novel from Robert Jackson Bennett, and it has a wicked good premise – at its onset, Mr. Shivers is a strong, attention-grabbing novel. The initial descriptions of the Depression-ravaged landscape, complete with Hoovervilles, dust storms, and the constant presence of the railroad are evocative and well-painted, as is the desolate, gray mood of the novel. Mr. Shivers is a novel by Robert Jackson Bennett and marks his literary debut. It was first published in hardback in the United States by Orbit Books on Janu. [1] A paperback and audiobook release was also published during the same year; the audiobook is narrated by T. Ryder Smith. [2].
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