The Dark House
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About the Author
JOHN SEDGWICK hails from the same family that has produced the early speaker of the house Theodore Sedgwick, nineteenth-century novelist Catharine Maria Sedgwick, and Andy Warhol protégée Edie Sedgwick. He has written for Newsweek, GQ, Atlantic Monthly, Worth, and other magazines. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts.
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Praise for John Sedgwick and The Dark House
“A compelling story, wonderfully told. John Sedgwick is the real thing.”
—Robert B. Parker, author of Gunman’s Rhapsody
“A scary tale of ancient feuds, midnight stalkers, and buried clues. Sedgwick weaves a finely tuned plot leading to a wild chase sequence and a chilling ending.”
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“A tense and intriguing debut…. A multilayered mystery which does not immediately surrender its secrets [and]…keeps the reader in suspense until the very end.”
—BookPage
“Unique and absorbing…. A spellbinding story of obsession, greed, and redemption.”
—Barnes & Noble, Discover Great New Writers
“The Dark House is an engaging first novel, both a mystery and a love story, with a most curious and memorable main character and a plot that twists and turns to a wholly unpredictable end.”
—Jonathan Harr, author of A Civil Action
“Deftly touches on themes of seeing and being seen and touchingly portrays the struggles of a man crippled by his emotional solitude.”
—Time Out (New York)
“A masterfully woven tale of obsession, greed, and redemption, a wild and spooky ride that offers a glimpse of the human soul both penetrating and poignant.”
—Christopher Tilghman, author of Mason’s Retreat
“John Sedgwick’s The Dark House is both a stunning psychological novel and a gripping mystery, superbly told.”
—Dan Wakefield, author of Going All the Way
“Fredrick Busch meets Blow-Up—a nerve-shredding debut.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“A strange, sometimes disturbing book [for] readers looking for the offbeat.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Don’t read this book alone at night.”
—GQ
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ePub edition December 2006 ISBN 9780061741166
The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows:
Sedgwick, John,
Dark house: a novel / John Sedgwick.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-06-019560-6
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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