The Gore: A Novel (Hardscrabble Books)

To escape the tensions of his past, ex-newspaperman Roger Newton retreats to Vermont's fabled Northeast Kingdom, the wildest, most remote portion of the state. But there he discovers a terrifying secret that turns his life upside-down.Newton's adventure begins when Claude Lavigne, a power company employee, sees something monumentally strange in the forests of "the gore" -- a tiny swatch of unclaimed land created by a surveyor's mistake. The uncanny sight so upsets him, so rattles his sense of what's real, that it leads to his suicide.Lavigne's son, his best friend, and an ancient black man risk an expedition into the gore to discover what Mr. Lavigne saw. In his attempt to stop them, Newton upsets a centuries- old balance that threatens to loose a long-buried nightmare upon the people of Vermont.

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5 1/2 x 8 1/2 trim. LC 00-009306

From the Inside Flap

"A tightly structured and increasingly engrossing story of the terror waiting quietly somewhere in the Green Mountains . . . [with] an ending inventive and unexpected enough to please even the most hardened readers of fast-paced thrillers." -- Vermont Life "Citro manages to capture the flavor of northern New England, and bring to life its striking dichotomies." -- Chris Bohjalian, author of Midwives

About the Author

JOSEPH A. CITRO has written five novels on supernatural themes, including Lake Monsters (1991 as Dark Twilight, UPNE 2001), Shadow Child (1987, UPNE 1998) and Guardian Angels (1988, UPNE 1999). He is also the author of several collections of occult nonfiction: The Vermont Ghost Guide (UPNE 2000), Green Mountains, Dark Tales (UPNE 1999), Passing Strange (1996), and Green Mountain Ghosts, Ghouls, and Unsolved Mysteries (1994). The Gore first appeared in 1990 as The Unseen. A popular lecturer and teacher, Citro's commentaries are heard regularly on public radio.JOSEPH A. CITRO has written five novels on supernatural themes, including Lake Monsters (1991 as Dark Twilight, UPNE 2001), Shadow Child (1987, UPNE 1998) and Guardian Angels (1988, UPNE 1999). He is also the author of several collections of occult nonfiction: The Vermont Ghost Guide (UPNE 2000), Green Mountains, Dark Tales (UPNE 1999), Passing Strange (1996), and Green Mountain Ghosts, Ghouls, and Unsolved Mysteries (1994). The Gore first appeared in 1990 as The Unseen. A popular lecturer and teacher, Citro's commentaries are heard regularly on public radio.

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