{"product_id":"the-haunted-book-9780857862433","title":"The Haunted Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e? What unspeakable horror glimpsed in the basement of a private library in West Yorkshire drove a man to madness and an early grave?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e? What led to an underground echo chamber in a Manchester recording studio being sealed up for good?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e?  What creature walks the endless sands of Lancashire''s Fleetwood Bay, and what connects it to an unmanned craft washed ashore in Port Elizabeth, nearly six thousand miles away?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2009 Jeremy Dyson was contacted by a journalist wanting help bringing together accounts of true life ghost stories from across the British Isles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Haunted Book\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the journey Dyson, formerly a hardened sceptic, went on to uncover the truth behind these tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDyson nestles in the little vacant chink between Roald Dahl and Borges *  * Observer *  *\u003cbr\u003eDarkly surreal humour . . . seemingly innocent scenarios that veer into deep weirdness *  * Daily Express *  *\u003cbr\u003eDyson's one of those rare authors who can write from the heart while still creating something deceptively clever and complex *  * Independent of Sunday *  *\u003cbr\u003eGripping, twisted and devilishly enjoyable -- MARK GATISS, *  * author of The Vesuvius Club and The Devil in Amber *  *\u003cbr\u003eThe Haunted Book sets out not merely to entertain, but to embody a creeping menace in the text itself . . . Open if you dare -- Suzi Feay *  * The Independent on Sunday *  *\u003cbr\u003eGenre defying . . . a boxing of stories within stories that reinforces the folkloric essence of ghost tales while also playing tricks as mind-bending as the image of a ghost caught in a photograph *  * Metro *  *\u003cbr\u003eKeeps you guessing. The stories themselves are all wonderfully eerie . . . like the bookish version of walking through a haunted house at a fairground *  * Savidge Reads Blog *  *\u003cbr\u003eA must have for fans of all things spooky -- Joel Watson *  * Literature Works *  *","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884808188247,"sku":"9780857862433","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857862433.jpg?v=1722533551","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-haunted-book-9780857862433","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}