Eternal Bliss [Paperback]

Christopher Fahy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 22, 2000

"A fascinating study of a disturbed mind....Fahy has a strong sense of what makes people tick, an enviably lean and almost invisible prose style, and he doesn't cheat."Charles Delint

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"A fascinating study of a disturbed mind...Fahy has a strong sense of what makes people tick." -- Charles Delint

About the Author

Christopher Fahy is the author of the novels The Nightflyer, The Lyssa Syndrome and The Fly Must Die, as well as the story collections Greengroundtown and Limerock: Maine Stories. He lives on the coast of Maine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 292 pages
• Publisher: IUniverse (September 22, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595006922
• ISBN-13: 978-0595006922
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,186,204 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christopher Fahy is the author of collections of short stories and poetry, and
eight novels. He won the 1987 Maine Arts Commission Fiction
Competition, judged by Mary McCarthy, with his chapbook of stories, One
Day in the Short Life of Anna Banana. In 1999 he won a Grand Prize in the
International Poetry Competition sponsored by Atlanta Review. Also in
1999 he published Limerock: Maine Stories. Fever 42, a novel, was
published in 2002, and the novel Breaking Point in 2004. Fahy lives with his
wife, children's book author Davene Fahy, on the coast of Maine.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "She was a beautiful teen star--at the mercy of a madman...", October 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Eternal Bliss (Paperback)

Twenty-year-old actress Bliss Marshall is abducted one day by an obsessed fan, Alan Swan, and brought to his isolated home on Calico Island, Maine, in order for him to "save" her from her decadent Hollywood lifestyle and bring her "back to nature." During the long months, he tries to capture her transformation by making a film of them together, which he hopes will make him a star as well.

"Eternal Bliss" isn't as disturbing or violent as I had expected (it's about a PG-13 rating), but it's still a riveting horror novel with great characterization. I hope to read more by Fahy in the future. 4½

1.0 out of 5 stars Abysmal, November 26, 2008

By 

V. Block (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eternal Bliss (Paperback)

I've read a few of this author's other books, and the stories were sharp and well done. This book was terrible. Terrible characters. Terrible plot development. A complete and utter waste of time. I can't believe the same guy wrote this mess.

3.0 out of 5 stars A good suspense novel about a kidnapping, January 8, 2001

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David "Laymon Fan" (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eternal Bliss (Paperback)

A good suspense novel about a man kidnapping a famous model.

(I'd like to give a more detailed review, but it's been too long since I read the book.)

The characterization of the kidnapper is particularly interesting.

On the downside, the author seemed to get stuck at times. Most of the story focuses on just two characters on a small island. Stephen King managed to write a great novel about a celebrity and his kidnapper ("Misery"). Fahy's novel isn't quite as well-paced.