Goodnight Moom [Mass Market Paperback]

Jack MacLane (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1989

LITTLE HARRY WASN’T LIKE OTHER CHILDREN

Harry never cared for reading or writing. He never showed any interest in baseball or TV. Harry lived for other things — like the pleasing sound of living creatures screaming in agony. And the soothing feel of warm blood running through his fingers. But when his grisly experiments progressed beyond stray pets and farm animals to classmates, Harry’s dad decided to lock the boy away for good in the family basement. After all, the neighbors might begin to talk…

In the solitude of the dank, musty cellar, Harry waited and grew… and grew… and GREW! And while he waited, he was counseled by his one and only friend — the bright silvery orb in the inight sky that he called “Moom.” Harry spoke to Moom. And Moom spoke to Harry. Moom told Harry what he should do when he finally broke out of his subterranean prison …

Moom told Harry to kill…

and Kill…
and KILL…

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 348 pages
• Publisher: Zebra Books (January 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 082172570X
• ISBN-13: 978-0821725702
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,346,564 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sleeper classic, May 9, 2009

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Charles B. Fox "Straker" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goodnight Moom (Mass Market Paperback)

I just dusted off a book from the late 80's called "Goodnight Moom" and started reading it again... I think this is a real sleeper classic. It's a horror novel of the Stephen King variety (written by Jack MacLane) about a boy who is brain damaged as an infant by his abusive father. Unable to function in school or society and with no sense of right or wrong he starts killing for fun, starting with small animals and working his way up... when one of his classmates disappears, his father imprisons him in the basement of the house. Suffice to say this does not help his mental state, and over ten years, well fed by his mother, he grows very large until one day he escapes...

The title comes from his obsession with the moon, which he calls "moom". The book is long out of print but used copies might be found on places like Amazon or Biblio. If you're not into horror novels this one won't win you over, but if you are this is a must read.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Rather strange..., May 2, 2001

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T. Rice "TaniaR" (Chicago, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goodnight Moom (Mass Market Paperback)

I just happened to grab this book off of the shelf in one of my used book runs. I'm not quite sure if I was lucky or cursed. It begins with our two "fine" characters: Harriette and Ed. Ed proposes to Harriette one night after getting drunk. Harriette, who doesn't particularly like Ed, agrees because she dreams of having a wonderful romantic husband. In other words-Harriette is living in a fairytale. It gets steadily worse from there as Ed is just a sick abusive man. Then it gets even worse when they have their first child-Harry. Ed throws Harry up against the wall and he's never the same. He starts murdering local pets and then progresses on to humans... Read this book to see what happens to Harry. Or don't read it and spare yourself the nightmares. A book for adventurous folk.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shine On, Shine On, Savage MooM, November 22, 2011

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jerryhouse - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goodnight MooM (Kindle Edition)

This is a fast-paced, gripping horror story that ranks near the top of sort that Zebra published some twenty years ago. "Jack Maclane" wrote half a dozen of them -- all equally readable, all imbued with a pulp-style sensibility. GOODNIGHT MOOM is the gritty story of an abused, brain-damaged child who is kept locked in the basement by his parents, and (as we all know) that can't be good. This book is certainly not for everyone, but if you go for this kind of stuff, Maclane's your man. It's good to see the book available once again.