The Auctioneer Joan Samson Ed Gorman Books
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“A well-made piece of dynamite. . . . For all their talk, the author seems to be saying men will permit their souls to be carried away bit by bit and auctioned off to the highest bidder. Samson has written a suspenseful, engrossing novel with the most gripping and violent ending we’ve encountered in some time.”—Newsday
“Really one of those books that once started you won’t be able to put it down. You’ll tell yourself that it couldn’t happen here, but Joan Samson is such a skillful and convincing writer that it will hold you as spellbound as are the novel’s characters themselves.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Harrowing tensions explode in a series of events that could happen anywhere, to anyone, just as they do to John Moore—whose days of freedom run out, who is stripped of his possessions, his courage, and his hopes, by the ominous presence of an insidious stranger impossible to resist.
Published to wide acclaim in 1976, but almost neglected since then, The Auctioneer is a bona fide classic of American literature. The story of John Moore, his wife Mim, and his mother, it is a gripping tale of greed in a small town being quietly overrun by auctioneer Perly Dunsmore. Acclaimed by writers including Stephen King, and an influence on King’s Needful Things, The Auctioneer is here reprinted for the first time in thirty years.
Joan Samson (1937–1976) wrote The Auctioneer, her only novel, and was working on her second when she died of cancer.
The Auctioneer Joan Samson Ed Gorman Books
Joan Samson has written a superbly crafted and exquisitely conceived horror story. Beginning in the most matter of fact way about a matter of fact family, trying to make it in hard economic times, the story builds and builds until you glimpse true evil in human form. It is almost a novella in length so the focus on this evil is unbroken and unremitting. The horror builds chapter by chapter until it reaches its searing climax. You will never forget "The Auctioneer."The story will live forever as a monument to this very gifted writer. After many years of work on the book, Joan Samson died of a brain tumor just as the publisher was releasing it. She never lived to read the wonderful reviews it garnered many years ago. It is the final tragic turn to a story of human tragedy
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The Auctioneer Joan Samson Ed Gorman Books Reviews
A story which could very well be nonfiction. The writing is not the best, for sure.
I read this book many years ago, and still think about it. I had to get it for my daughter. Quite a suspenseful read!
Great book. Such a shame the author passed away and there will be no more tales from her. Had a great time reading this.
love this book I had it yrs ago but lost it so glad I found it again thanks
Read it in a few days upon receiving it. Excellent writing, characterization and scene setting. The pacing is slow but works for the setting and the build up. Some of the characters actions (or lack of action) is frustrating but also believable. Ending not completely fulfilling. Otherwise a great book that'll keep you reading.
Seems like a kind, gentle book until all the residents of Harlowe are kindly and gently stripped off all they think they hold dear, forcing them to accept and confront the things that really matter, in the end.
"The Auctioneer" is a genuine psychological horror story that goes beyond your typical suspense-thriller. This one left me somewhat shaken after reading the book. Jarring storytelling even though it started out slow, the horror still creeps up on the reader.
Joan Samson has written a superbly crafted and exquisitely conceived horror story. Beginning in the most matter of fact way about a matter of fact family, trying to make it in hard economic times, the story builds and builds until you glimpse true evil in human form. It is almost a novella in length so the focus on this evil is unbroken and unremitting. The horror builds chapter by chapter until it reaches its searing climax. You will never forget "The Auctioneer."
The story will live forever as a monument to this very gifted writer. After many years of work on the book, Joan Samson died of a brain tumor just as the publisher was releasing it. She never lived to read the wonderful reviews it garnered many years ago. It is the final tragic turn to a story of human tragedy
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