Thomas Tryon

Verano de 1935. En un bucólico pueblo de Nueva Inglaterra, la gente no para de hablar sobre la epidemia de muertes que está asolando el hogar de los Perry. Tras el trágico fallecimiento de Vining, el padre, que se cayo por las escaleras del almacen mientras guardaba la cosecha de manzanas, la familia se enfrenta a una nueva perdida: la del pequeño primo Russell, que muere en el granero ensartado en una horca que el jardinero jura haber dejado guardada en su sitio. Y, unas semanas despues, desaparece una vecina, la adorable anciana de la casa de al lado¿Se trata de simples accidentes? Los hijos gemelos de Vining son una pareja de lo mas peculiar: cada uno podria leer los pensamientos del otro, pero no pueden ser mas diferentes. Holland es sarcastico e introvertido, y todo el mundo le considera una mala influencia para la familia, mientras que su gemelo, Niles, es agradable y generoso, y todos le adoran. Ambos viveninmersos en un extraño juego telepatico que les enseño su abuela rusa. Y puede que el juego se les este yendo horriblemente de las manosLa novela que animo a Stephen King a convertirse en escritor. Un magistral ejercicio del terror mas perturbador, que podrian haber firmado Ira Levin o Shirley Jackson.

Thomas Tryon, 1634 1703, was an English merchant, author of popular self-help books, and early advocate of vegetarianism.Of Cleanness in Meats and Drinks. Of the Excellency of Good Airs, and of the contrary. Of the Benefits of Clean Sweet Beds, and of the Inconveniences of Feather-Beds. What Matter it is that does occasion the Generation of that pernicious Vermin called Bugs, that so many Hundreds in this City, and other great Towns, are infested with; more especially in Holland, Italy, New-England, Barbadoes, Jamaica, and in many other Places. That they are never bred but where Beds are: And that their being generated from Wooden Bedsteads, or from Hogs Hair in the Plaisterings of the Walls, is a meer Story, promoted inconsiderately by Persons mistaken in the Productions of Nature: Also, How all such Persons as are troubled with them may be cured without using Medicines, and Directions how to avoid ever having them again.

NYRB Classics presents the landmark psychological horror novel about 13-year-old twins living in a bucolic New England townone good and the other very, very evil.A whirlpool of Oh-My-God horror. Ira Levin, author of Rosemarys Baby Holland and Niles Perry are identical 13-year-old twins. They are close, close enough, almost, to read each others thoughts, but they couldnt be more different. Holland is bold and mischievous, a bad influence, while Niles is kind and eager to please, the sort of boy who makes parents proud. The Perrys live in the bucolic New England town their family settled centuries ago, and as it happens, the extended clan has gathered at its ancestral farm this summer to mourn the death of the twins father in a most unfortunate accident. Mrs. Perry still hasnt recovered from the shock of her husbands gruesome end and stays sequestered in her room, leaving her sons to roam free. As the summer goes on, though, and Hollands pranks become increasingly sinister, Niles finds he can no longer make excuses for his brothers actions. Thomas Tryons best-selling novel about a homegrown monster is an eerie examination of the darkness that dwells within everyone. It is a landmark of psychological horror that is a worthy descendent of the books of James Hogg, Robert Louis Stevenson, Shirley Jackson, and Patricia Highsmith.. . . will doubtless become one of the classics of horror tales, comparable to The Turn of the Screw. Dorothy B. Hughes, Los Angeles Times

Verano de 1935. En un pueblo de Nueva Inglaterra, la gente no para de hablar sobre la epidemia de muertes que está asolando el hogar de los Perry. Vining y Russell Perry, padre e hijo, han sido misteriosamente asesinados. Otro de los miembros de la familia se ha ahogado mientras patinaba. La viuda de Vining se cae por las escaleras ¿Se trata de simples accidentes? Los hijos gemelos de los Vining son de lo mas peculiar: cada uno podria leer los pensamientos del otro, pero no podrian ser mas diferentes. Holland es sarcastico e introvertido, y todo el mundo le considera una mala influencia, mientras que su gemelo, Niles, es agradable y generoso, adorado por todos. Ambos estan inmersos en un extraño juego telepatico con su abuela rusa. Y puede que el juego se les este yendo de las manos...