From Publishers Weekly
Parkinson's psychosexual thriller, set in a small, clubby San Francisco apartment building, has an erotic edge seldom encountered in horror fiction.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
His marriage failed, Michael West moves into a small, slightly seedy apartment house. He begins to make the acquaintance of friendly neighbors, but his fascination with the handsome Paul Marks, who moves in upstairs, leads him progressively deeper into a moody, murky world. He instinctively dislikes Marks, yet finds himself spying on Marks's bedroom liaisons. Mirrors draw him; staring into the stagnant swimming pool, he feels trapped inside it while his reflection walks the real world in search of sexual conquests. He experiences blackouts, and deaths occur in the building. Michael is sure Marks is a murderer. Strangest of all, while Marks exerts his fascination on Michael's female friends, leaving them drained and lethargic, Michael's superficial resemblance to Marks grows more pronounced. Like the works of Ramsey Campbell, this novel is permeated with atmosphere--full of a leaden and oppressive foreboding in which events roll slowly and mysteriously, but inevitably, to a grim conclusion.
- A.M.B. Amantia, Population Crisis Com mittee Lib., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- A.M.B. Amantia, Population Crisis Com mittee Lib., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
