American Elsewhere

By Robert Jackson Bennett (Electronic Book, 2013)

Some places are too good to be true.

Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on any map.

In that town, there are quiet streets lined with pretty houses, houses that conceal the strangest things.

After a couple years of hard traveling, ex-cop Mona Bright inherits her long-dead mother's home in Wink, New Mexico. And the closer Mona gets to her mother's past, the more she understands that the people of Wink are very, very different ...

From one of our most talented and original new literary voices comes the next great American supernatural novel: a work that explores the dark dimensions of the hometowns and the neighbors we thought we knew.

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- Format: Electronic Book
- Price: $9.99 US/$9.99 CAN
- ISBN-13: 9780316214513
- On Sale Date: 02/12/2013
- Publisher: Orbit
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Some places are too good to be true.

Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on any map.

In that town, there are quiet streets lined with pretty houses, houses that conceal the strangest things.

Robert Jackson Bennett was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, the Sydney J. Bounds Award, and an Edgar Award, he is the author of the novels Mr. Shivers, The Company Man, The Troupe, and American Elsewhere. Find out more about the author at www.robertjacksonbennett.com.

"Highly impressive." (Kirkus Reviews).
Praise for Robert Jackson Bennett:

"The Troupe is true magic: a gripping tale that reminds the audience why we fell in love with reading. This book enchants, leaving the audience on their feet, yelling for an encore." - Mat Johnson

"...Bennett's finely crafted novel rises on a wave of suspense to a place of beauty and hope." - Publishers Weekly on The Troupe

"Like a collaboration between Stephen King and John Steinbeck." --- Publishers Weekly on Mr. Shivers

"Compelling and truly horrifying, this debut novel is highly recommended for all fiction and horror collections." --- Library Journal (Starred Review) on Mr. Shivers

"Mr. Shivers is a startling debut, a deft amalgam of thriller, cerebral horror and American gothic, written with a stark and artful simplicity that complements the examination of struggling humanity pushed to its limits." --- The Guardian (UK)
"Bennett gives the idealized image of the American dream a pan-dimensional twist with this alien invasion tale, part Bradbury and part L'Engle with a dash of Edward Scissorhands... Readers will be captivated from start to finish." ( Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on American Elsewhere).
"The novel starts out curious and odd but quickly becomes terrifying and haunting, as the author reveals more about the people of Wink, who just may be the most curious and intimidating collection of folks you're likely to meet outside the pages of Stephen King.... A beautifully written, claustrophobic, and deeply memorable horror novel." (Booklist).
"Bennett's novel may remind readers of the early works of Stephen King, presenting a small town where nothing is what it seems.... Bennett's work also evokes a mood similar to that of Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves, where every darkness may swallow a person only to spit them out into a place akin to Wonderland." (RT Book Reviews).