Demonized [Paperback]

Christopher Fowler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2004

As our lives and deaths grow ever stranger, housewives, students and executives all find themselves in situations that become increasingly disturbing. Strange things don’t only happen when you are asleep. Fowler’s powerful narratives are subtly affecting and will make you think again about the way you look at the world around you.

Christopher Fowler runs The Creative Partnership, a film promotion company in London. He is the author of 10 novels, as well as numerous screenplays and the collections of short stories Personal Demons and The Devil in Me.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"'Fowler's strength lies in the way he unveils the darker side of the ordinary: Demonized is scary precisely because it's so familiar... fresh and thought-provoking... elegant and playful prose' Guardian 'Thrillingly taut, perverse and nasty imaginings' independent on Sunday 'Placing his artistry somewhere between HG Wells, Iain Banks and Ian McEwan, Fowler manages to pull off a collision of black humour, thematic elegy, and dark, disturbing imagery through his elegant and energetic prose' Big Issue in the North" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Christopher Fowler is the author of ten novels, as well as numerous screenplays and collections of short stories. In 1998 he won the BFS Best Short Story of the Year and three of his novels - Roofworld, Psychoville and Disturbia - are now in production. One short story, The Master Builder, became a CBS movie starring Tippi Hedren. Another, Left Hand Drive, won Best British Short Film in 1993. Christopher Fowler runs The Creative Partnership, a film promotion company in Soho, London.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Serpent's Tail (May 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852428481
• ISBN-13: 978-1852428488
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,199,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christopher Fowler was born in Greenwich, London. He is the multi award-winning author of thirty novels and ten short story collections, and the author of the Bryant & May mystery novels. His first bestseller was 'Roofworld'. Subsequent novels include 'Spanky', 'Disturbia', 'Psychoville' and 'Calabash'. His books have been optioned by Guillermo Del Toro ('Spanky') and Jude Law ('Psychoville'). He co-founded Creative Partnership, a company that changed the face of film marketing, and spent many years working in film. His memoir of growing up without books, entitled 'Paperboy', was highly acclaimed.

He has written comedy and drama for BBC radio, including Radio One's first broadcast drama in 2005. He writes for the FT and the Independent on Sunday, Black Static magazine and many others. His graphic novel for DC Comics was the critically acclaimed 'Menz Insana'. His short story 'The Master Builder' became a feature film entitled 'Through The Eyes Of A Killer', starring Tippi Hedren and Marg Helgenberger. In the past year he has been nominated for 8 national book awards. He is the winner of the Edge Hill prize 2008 for 'Old Devil Moon', and the Last Laugh prize 2009 for 'The Victoria Vanishes'.

Christopher has achieved several pathetic schoolboy fantasies, releasing a terrible Christmas pop single, becoming a male model, writing a stage show, posing as the villain in a Batman graphic novel, running a night club, appearing in the Pan Books of Horror, and standing in for James Bond.

His short stories have appeared in Best British Mysteries, The Time Out Book Of London Short Stories, Dark Terrors, London Noir, Inferno, Neon Lit, Cinema Macabre, the Mammoth Book of Horror and many others. After living in the USA and France he is now married and lives in King's Cross, London.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fowler is Back on Form, July 22, 2004

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B. Hotchkies "britneyskrack" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Demonized (Paperback)

This short story collection puts Fowler back on the map. Strange and quirky little stories. What a warped mind this guy must have. Monkeys falling in love? Where did that come from? I read this book over a weekend, and I don't think I have ever read a book that fast.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Free SF Reader, November 4, 2007

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Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Demonized (Five Star Fiction S.) (Paperback)

This is just an average collection of stories, perhaps another case of a collection because they can, not because they should.

Overall, it is of horror stories, with the odd fantasy or even sf story (which actually you can call horror, too) and even something mainstream chick-lit 'Wives Club' type story like Emotional Response, so a little bit of variety to be found.

Demonized : We're Going Where the Sun Shines Brightly - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : H1tler's Houseguest - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : Dealing with the Situation - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : The Green Man - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : Breaking Heart - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : Where They Went Wrong - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : In Safe Hands - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : Seven Feet - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : American Waitress - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : Above the Glass Ceiling - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : Personal Space - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : Hop - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : The Scorpion Jacket - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : Feral - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : One Night Out - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : Emotional Response - Christopher Fowler
Demonized : Cairo 6.1 - Christopher Fowler


Bad bus trip.

3 out of 5


Journo scare.

3 out of 5


Panhandled.

2.5 out of 5


Monkey murder match.

3.5 out of 5


Female predator.

2.5 out of 5


Killer match.

3.5 out of 5


Conspiracy reality.

3 out of 5


Rattus rattus terminus.

3.5 out of 5


Strong stalker slaying.

4 out of 5


Executive removal club.

3.5 out of 5


Drug boarder retreat.

3 out of 5


Child avenger.

2.5 out of 5


Ugly revenge really stings.

3.5 out of 5


Pests, however many legs.

2.5 out of 5


Ghost dad visit.

3.5 out of 5


Altar revenge.

3.5 out of 5


Death flight program mess.

3.5 out of 5

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Demonized by Christopher Fowler, November 1, 2009

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Richard R. Sefi (Monroe, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Demonized (Paperback)

Disappointing short stories, not to be confused with the absorbing "Peculiar Crimes Unit" books which are a joy.