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Abandon [Mass Market Paperback]

Sean Desmond (Author)
2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)


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March 2002
There are worse places an Ivy Leaguer, desperate to restore a tattered academic career, can pass the mist-shrouded New England autumn of his senior year. There is serenity on the secluded fourth floor of the cavernous stone dormitory, marred only by the occasional echoed footfall on the stairs of muffled voice in the corridor. The atmosphere is ripe for quiet study--until it begins...

Floorboards creak in seemingly deserted hallways. Phantom whispers stir the silence. Invisible eyes seems to lurk, watching. At last, an enigmatic stranger emerges from the shadows, claiming to be a fellow student. But nobody else can see or hear the presence that seeps in like fog rolling off the Charles River. Nobody else can sense, with growing dread, the terrible truth...

Decades have passed since the murky accident that claimed the lives of three Adams House residents. But somebody wants to relive--and punish--the sins of the past. Somebody is preying on the dorm's current occupants, even as one of their peers descends slowly into a surreal world where madness meets mayhem; where nothing is certain but the chilling suspicion that what has happened before can--and must--happen once again...

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"Was it a ghost? Or madness? Or murder? Sean Desmond keeps us spellbound in this richly textured, truly scary thriller...an unforgettable reading experience."--Peter Maas, author of Underboss and Serpico

"A chilling and seductive first novel that will keep...[readers] at the edge of their seats."--Brian McGrory, Boston Globe columnist and author of The Incumbent

"Desmond offers up a combination ghost story and pychological thriller to take notice of...it's an atmospheric story conjuring up images of Henry James."--The Denver Post

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (March 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312982712
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312982713
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.7 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,807,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Abandon should ber abandoned, July 10, 2007
This review is from: Abandon (Mass Market Paperback)
I give this one star because there is no lower mark. As an avid reader, this has to be an all time low of the all time lows in my 70 years of reading! It escapes me how any reader could find something in this novel to enable a movie to be written. Makes one wonder if Desmond had some pull in the movie industry before he wrote this horrendous tome.
If there were anyone I truly despised, I would recommend this book to them. A perfect waste of one's time~
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars very original and entertaining!, April 16, 2002
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This review is from: Abandon (Mass Market Paperback)
Well, first off, this is the kind of book I like. Throw in a few plots that doesn't make sense with each other and then throw an UHA! ending ending that connects them. The story was very well written by this newcomer. It just had some of the flaws every new writer has, like, sometimes I had to go back to say "Oh! THAT was what he was talking 'bout". I saw the movie at a special screening back in January and it was very good, and it had some major changes(the main character in the book is a dude and in the movie is a chick, Katie Holmes- she did a great job). I think I liked it so much 'cause I've felt some of the pressures this guy has felt, though I'm NOT crazy, I think. I'll describe the book as Donnie Darko meets A Beautiful Mind. overall 4/5.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book ..., January 17, 2003
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"mthompsonsf" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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...I truly enjoyed the novel; it makes you work to put the story together, and the author throws in twists and turns every step of the way. If you enjoy movies like: American Beauty, American Psycho, eXistenZ, Johnny Darko, Seven, or other movies that don't provide a straight forward, easy to digest message and challenge you to create your own - then you will enjoy this novel. I cannot think of a single novel to compare it to.

... and it provides hours of discussion because it is so interesting to work through as you try to pull together what did or may have happened. Is there a ghost? Is the story a lie? Who is the narrator? Who died? Did they really die? It is a dark novel, but it is fun.

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