Horns Movie Tie-in Edition: A Novel [Paperback]

From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofHeart-Shaped BoxandNOS4A2, a relentless supernatural thriller that runs like Hell on wheels . . .

Merrin Williams is dead, slaughtered under inexplicable circumstances, leaving her beloved boyfriend Ignatius Perrish as the only suspect. On the first anniversary of Merrin's murder, Ig spends the night drunk and doing awful things. When he wakes the next morning he has a thunderous hangover . . . and horns growing from his temples. Ig possesses a terrible new power to go with his terrible new look—a macabre gift he intends to use to find the monster who killed his one true love. Being good and praying for the best got him nowhere. Now it's time for revenge . . .

It's time the devil had his due . . .

[A] compulsively readable supernatural thriller...Hill spins a story thats both morbidly amusing and emotionally resonant. The explanations for Igs weird travails wont satisfy every reader, but few will dispute that Hill has negotiated the sophomore slump.Hornsis a well wrought tale with intellectual merit. Not only are we entertained, we are challenged to think as well.On the strength of two masterly thrillers2007s Heart Shaped-Box and his newest HornsHill has emerged as one of Americas finest horror writers.HORNS should bring even more fans to Joe Hill . . . he has his own style, and it is very accessible as well as fast-moving. . . . HORNS is a fast-paced, fascinating murder mystery/love story with a dash of the devil himself to spice things up.[Horns is] devilishly good. . . . Hill is a terrific writer with a great imagination. He has a special talent for taking us and his characters to very weird places.Hills survey of the question of suffering is a wild ride, as filled with thrills as his heros headlong plunge down to a dark and dazzling river.The wise guys point out that the literature of horror fantasy tends to be both romalĂ&