Haunt is a tripping-balls Los Angeles noir, where a mysterious dame drags you through a time-warping Bizarro hall of mirrors. She's the girl of your dreams. Too bad she's dead. OR IS SHE? In Haunt, "you" are the hapless corporate tool and rock star wannabe turned private Dick. Here, even your most inconsequential choices can make all the difference between a Hollywood ending on the beach and sucking cock for clues. This is genial lowbrow high lit weirdness: the funny, punchy cousin of Danielewski's House of Leaves, a Vonnegut and Salinger paté on a choose-your-own cracker, with a lapdance from Nancy Drew. As much fun to make as it is to eat! Laura Lee Bahr is an award-winning indie actor/playwrite/screenwriter with a gift for the hilariously, tragically absurd. Haunt is her first novel.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By MsPacMan723
"Haunt" by LLB.......
.....MESMERIZING.......did you believe the answers were the key to understanding? When it was the questions that mattered.............
TANTALIZING.........one should always have something scandalous to read on the train.
CAPTIVATING........how do you connect the dots.........when the dots keep moving?
........ and DEVASTATING.......because you've reached the final page, haven't you?
..........or have you just begun?
LLB - OMG! WTF?
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.....MESMERIZING.......did you believe the answers were the key to understanding? When it was the questions that mattered.............
TANTALIZING.........one should always have something scandalous to read on the train.
CAPTIVATING........how do you connect the dots.........when the dots keep moving?
........ and DEVASTATING.......because you've reached the final page, haven't you?
..........or have you just begun?
LLB - OMG! WTF?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By MARNIE OLSON
Read this book. It will trip you right out. In a good way. You probably haven't read a book like this before. I hadn't. Not really... there is something reminiscent about it, Vonnegut, Robbins, Bukowski with a vagina? But ultimately, the style is pretty unique.
It is funny. Laugh out loud funny, and creepy and ethereal and weird and lyrical and savvy and dark and fun. Sometimes, I was turned on and creeped out at the same time, sometimes I was laughing so hard I had to read passages a couple of times because I felt like I was watching a movie where when you laugh too hard you miss something - and then I'd remember I was reading a book.
I don't want to give anything away, but when Ms. Bahr starts talking straight to you (read it and you'll know what I mean) you suddenly can't wait to find out who you are.
Do yourself a favor. Melt your mind with Haunt.
It is funny. Laugh out loud funny, and creepy and ethereal and weird and lyrical and savvy and dark and fun. Sometimes, I was turned on and creeped out at the same time, sometimes I was laughing so hard I had to read passages a couple of times because I felt like I was watching a movie where when you laugh too hard you miss something - and then I'd remember I was reading a book.
I don't want to give anything away, but when Ms. Bahr starts talking straight to you (read it and you'll know what I mean) you suddenly can't wait to find out who you are.
Do yourself a favor. Melt your mind with Haunt.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I am an avid reader and collector of horror fiction. If it's out there, I figure I have read it. Haunt is a fabulous, trippy, joy ride that will take you places you never knew you should probably avoid (and if you know what I mean by that, this book will be right up your alley). For genre fans, suffice to say that John Skipp developed a new imprint to ensure this book would get out there. I will not do it justice if i tried to descibe it. It is a sexy-creepy-ghost story-mystery. It is an out of body meditation on obsession. It is a great read and it is a fun read. Get it. Read it. Spread the word.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Packs a punch
The style is so rich and original I hadn't even noticed I was halfway through - and suddenly a surprise floored me. How did I not see that coming? Read more
Published 2 months ago by Eric Siegel
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Excellent!
When I find such an unique novel as this I feel the obligation of telling everybody. Haunt is the winner of last year's Wonderland award. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Tamara
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You Don't Know What This Book Is
You don't know why you bought this book. (I met Laura Lee Bahr, but you didn't, so why did you buy it? It's a mystery.)
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Published 5 months ago by Gary A Brown
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"Haunt" will haunt you...
Laura Lee Bahr is one of the most original voices I've read in a long time. What a trip! I've now purchased two hard copies (giving one to my cool niece! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Taylor Ashbrook
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Awesome
Do you read this book or just the reviews? If you read the reviews and decide not to read this book can you claim to be a reader of great books? Read more
Published 8 months ago by Dave Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful, brilliant, genre-busting page-turner
This novel kept me up for nights on end. Ms. LLB's unique voice begs to be listened to. The work is as thoughtful and, dare I say, profound as it is entertaining. Sexy and smart. Read more
Published 13 months ago by M. Perez
5.0 out of 5 stars
I can't get over this book!
Bahr is a genius. What a unique style, with addictive grotesque sexiness. And it has loads of beautifully written paragraphs. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kerr Lordygan
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Illusion of Choice and Puzzles Without Solutions
I have a thing for experimental forms. From Mark Danielewski's House of Leaves to Salvador Plascencia's The People of Paper, nothing gets me more excited about a book than when I... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Michael A. Rose
5.0 out of 5 stars
Baffling and Beautiful
Laura Lee Bahr's novel is the literary equivalent of a Rubik's Cube. Maybe that analogy won't hold up for everyone, but it certainly does for me because there's no way in hell I'll... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Adam Cesare
5.0 out of 5 stars
My favorite kind of book
HAUNT fits into my favorite category of art: It's unlike anything I've ever read before. Not just the story itself, but the way it's told is so unique. Read more
Published 17 months ago by E. Werb
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