The Saturday Night Ghost Club - A Novel

An irresistible and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of Stranger Things and Stand by Me about a group of misfit kids who spend an unforgettable summer investigating local ghost stories and urban legends "A celebration of the secret lives of children, both their wonders and their horrors . . . Immensely enjoyable, piercingly clever, and satisfyingly soulful." -Jason Heller, NPR Growing up in 1980s Niagara Falls - a seedy but magical, slightly haunted place - Jake Baker spends most of his time with his uncle Calvin, a kind but eccentric enthusiast of occult artifacts and conspiracy theories. The summer Jake turns twelve, he befriends a pair of siblings new to town, and so Calvin decides to initiate them all into the "Saturday Night Ghost Club." But as the summer goes on, what begins as a seemingly light-hearted project may ultimately uncover more than any of its members had imagined. With the alternating warmth and sadness of the best coming-of-age stories, The Saturday Night Ghost Club is a note-perfect novel that poignantly examines the haunting mutability of memory and storytelling, as well as the experiences that form the people we become, and establishes Craig Davidson as a remarkable literary talent.

Product details

• Authors: Craig Davidson, Davidson Craig
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780143133933
• ISBN: 978-0-14-313393-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Ghost, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Classic horror & ghost stories, Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Classic horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction