{"product_id":"a-haunting-on-the-hill-9781408729588","title":"A Haunting on the Hill","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Scary and beautifully written, imbued with the same sense of dread and inevitability as Jackson''s original\u003cb\u003e'' NEIL GAIMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the landmark first novel ever to return to Hill House, officially authorised by the Shirley Jackson estate.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''It''s so vivid, full of totemic menace and with a heart-in-your-mouth, can''t-look-away frisson''  \u003cb\u003eBRIDGET COLLINS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''In some ways even more enjoyable than the original. Genuinely sinister and beautifully written'' \u003cb\u003eROSIE ANDREWS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Welcome back to Hill House. Read by daylight, and never alone'' \u003cb\u003eALIX E. HARROW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Hill House is back and as haunting as ever. Some of the most striking scares I''ve read in years'' \u003cb\u003eANA REYES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSixty years later, Hill House is occupied again\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlaywright Holly Sherwin is close to her big break. Having received a grant to develop her new play, all she needs is time and space to bring her vision to life. Then\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eScary and beautifully written, imbued with the same sense of dread and inevitability as Jackson's original\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Haunting on the Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is quite extraordinary. It's not pastiche, not ventriloquism. It puts me strongly in mind of a singer you love covering a song by another artist. It's that song but now it's being done by someone else. \u003cb\u003eRemarkable\u003c\/b\u003e. -- NEIL GAIMAN, author of AMERICAN GODS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fitting - and frightening - homage to \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e * NEW YORK TIMES *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully creepy \u003c\/b\u003ewith the same claustrophobic intensity and sense of impending doom of the original, but at the same time with a great sense of progression, \u003cb\u003eof the house having evolved over the years\u003c\/b\u003e. It's so vivid, full of totemic menace and with \u003cb\u003ea heart-in-your-mouth, can't-look-away frisson.\u003c\/b\u003e -- BRIDGET COLLINS, author of THE BINDING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenuinely sinister and beautifully written,\u003c\/b\u003e with a real sense of depth to the folklore and theatrical inspiration. -- ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEerily beautiful, strangely seductive,\u003c\/b\u003e and genuinely upsetting: \u003cb\u003ewelcome back to Hill House.\u003c\/b\u003e I recommend reading only in strong daylight, and never alone. -- ALIX E. HARROW, author of THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY\u003cbr\u003eHill House\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis back and haunting as ever in this\u003cb\u003e vividly imagined\u003c\/b\u003e return to Shirley Jackson's iconic setting. Elizabeth Hand weaves\u003cb\u003e eerie beauty into the genuine terror lurking in her pages,\u003c\/b\u003e crafting\u003cb\u003e some of the most striking scares I've read in years\u003c\/b\u003e. This book gave me the best kind of nightmares. -- ANA REYES, author of THE HOUSE IN THE PINES\u003cbr\u003eI absolutely loved \u003ci\u003eA Haunting on the Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, which\u003cb\u003e snared me with its terrifying opening and relinquished me only on the very last page\u003c\/b\u003e. Huge boots to fill, but Elizabeth Hand rose to the challenge with her darkly complex characters and a novel \u003cb\u003edripping in atmosphere and intrigue\u003c\/b\u003e. -- JOANNE BURN, author of THE HEMLOCK CURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Haunting on the Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eas unnerving and disorienting as Hill House itself,\u003c\/b\u003e a place where evil lurks behind every door.\u003cb\u003e I was completely gripped by this terrifying and original \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etale\u003c\/b\u003e. -- LAURA SHEPPERSON, author of THE HEROINES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel with all the chills of Jackson that also highlights the contemporary flavor and evocative writing of Hand.\u003c\/b\u003e The story stays true to Jackson's vision of \"Hill House\" while becoming a thing of its own\u003cb\u003e. Indeed,\u003ci\u003e A Haunting on the Hill \u003c\/i\u003eis strange and wonderful, a frightening foray into the supernatural that will inspire you to go back and reread the original.\u003c\/b\u003e * WASHINGTON POST *\u003cbr\u003eThe lines of paranoia, art, and reality are terrifyingly blurred for our group of hungry and damaged actors cloistered within the mouldering walls of Hill House.\u003cb\u003e Only the brilliant Elizabeth Hand could so expertly honor Jackson's rage, wit, and vision with a 21st century twist. The old place is as creepy, disorienting, and menacing as ever.\u003c\/b\u003e -- PAUL TREMBLAY, author of THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvocative and unsettling,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Haunting on the Hill \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the essence of the original whilst offering something brand new. -- CARLY REAGON, author of THE TOLL HOUSE\u003cbr\u003eThere are - fittingly - echoes of the original which will satisfy fans but it is Elizabeth Hand's understanding of the folklore threaded through Jackson's work that gives this \u003cb\u003ewonderfully creepy\u003c\/b\u003e novel much of its power. The story is \u003cb\u003eresolutely contemporary\u003c\/b\u003e, the world has moved on and the events of Dr Montague's investigation are long forgotten; but Hill House remains unchanged, no more sane now than it was sixty years ago. It's\u003cb\u003e a superb book, a subtle and deeply unnerving ghost story; entirely of itself and recognisably of Jackson's world\u003c\/b\u003e. -- AMANDA MASON, author of THE WAYWARD GIRLS\u003cbr\u003eIf there's a writer you can trust with this formidable task, it's the wildly talented Elizabeth Hand. \u003ci\u003eA Haunting on the Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ean admirable successor to \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill Hous\u003c\/i\u003ee, alike in spirit but never trying to simply repeat what Shirley Jackson did in her classic novel\u003c\/b\u003e. Creepy, tragic, and, yes, haunting.\u003cb\u003e I tore through this novel, getting lost in the pages, drawn back into the mysteries of Hill House and enjoying every moment I was there\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Victor LaValle, author of THE CHANGELING\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Haunting on the Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003cb\u003e a fever dream of a novel\u003c\/b\u003e, very much in the same spirit of \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/i\u003e, but also entirely its own entity. It's \u003cb\u003ebrilliantly imagined, unsettling, cloying and claustrophobic and downright terrifying\u003c\/b\u003e. -- CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN\u003cbr\u003eIf there's a spirit medium gifted enough to evoke the ghost of Shirley Jackson, it's surely Elizabeth Hand, whose startling, original body of work I've long admired. \u003ci\u003eA Haunting on the Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003enot a simple act of ventriloquism, but a true marriage of minds\u003c\/b\u003e, and I believe Ms. Jackson would have been proud to be the inspiration for this \u003cb\u003esmart and chilling return to the Hill House estate\u003c\/b\u003e. -- DAN CHAON, author of SLEEPWALK\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Haunting on the Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is absolutely captivating-\u003cb\u003ea book that you'll want to climb inside and love forever, until the moment you realize it's too late to escape\u003c\/b\u003e -- SARAH GAILEY, author of JUST LIKE HOME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant queer reimagining\u003c\/b\u003e...\u003cb\u003eHand's work both modernizes and deepens Jackson's setting\u003c\/b\u003e, pulling readers into the demented halls of Hill House and the minds of its denizens * BOOKPAGE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley Jackson fans, rejoice\u003c\/b\u003e! * WBEZ CHICAGO *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJackson's creation is in capable hands with Hand\u003c\/b\u003e. * THE WEEK *\u003cbr\u003eHand unnerves us by inference and restraint...\u003cb\u003eit's a measure of Hand's precision and skill that we have so much fun watching\u003c\/b\u003e[the characters] put together the pieces that doom them * MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrightening \u003c\/b\u003e * PRIMA *\u003cbr\u003eThe short chapters, intriguing and complex characters, and \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e (yet sinister) descriptions make the novel \u003cb\u003ean irresistible page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e * INDEPENDENT *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Gothic treat \u003c\/b\u003e- hugely atmospheric and lovingly written, this is\u003cb\u003e a fitting follow-up to the original\u003c\/b\u003e * HEAT *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ecreepy read\u003c\/b\u003e, featuring fun-to-spot references to other horror classics * MAIL ON SUNDAY *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuspenseful and gripping \u003c\/b\u003e. . . the short chapters, intriguing and complex characters, and beautifully written (yet sinister) descriptions make the novel \u003cb\u003ean irresistible page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e * PRESS \u0026amp; JOURNAL (Aberdeen) *\u003cbr\u003eAn enjoyably atmospheric return to the world of a cult classic - \u003cb\u003ea Halloween treat\u003c\/b\u003e for fans of genre fiction, haunted-house horror, and things that go bump in the night. * DAILY EXPRESS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe unsettling atmosphere in this novel builds from the start and never disappoints.\u003c\/b\u003e Hand deftly layers the history of the house with the past of each character and the things that haunt them, especially Holly and Amanda. Hill House is a spooky place, and \u003cb\u003eHand delves deep into its darkness and allows it to flourish in almost every chapter\u003c\/b\u003e. * NPR *\u003cbr\u003eHand has a gift for the\u003cb\u003e sensuous, evocative detail, \u003c\/b\u003eand her descriptions are often \u003cb\u003esimultaneously seductive and spooky\u003c\/b\u003e -- Kristen Roupenian * NEW YORKER *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Like Hill House itself, this accomplished tribute stands alone: disturbing and unforgettable.\u003c\/b\u003e * GUARDIAN *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA suspenseful and gripping read \u003c\/b\u003e * SCOTSMAN *\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cb\u003esupernatural and psychological terrors of the original work are updated\u003c\/b\u003e for the present day but \u003cb\u003eecho with the resonance of the original\u003c\/b\u003e * OPRAH DAILY *\u003cbr\u003eApparitions, black hares and time warps festoon this \u003cb\u003efitting - and frightening\u003c\/b\u003e - homage to Shirley Jackson's \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House, \u003c\/i\u003ein which \u003cb\u003eHand mines the source material for structure and storytelling beats rather than relying on superficial similarities\u003c\/b\u003e -- Editor's Choice * NEW YORK TMES BOOK REVIEW *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408002359639,"sku":"9781408729588","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408729588.jpg?v=1730501232","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-haunting-on-the-hill-9781408729588","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}