Ghost Story (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter Straub
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—superbeing
- Time of Work: 1977, with flashbacks to 1929
- Setting: Milburn, a small town in New York
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Suicide, Murder or homicide, Ghosts or apparitions, 1920’s, Storytelling, Kidnapping, Clubs, social
- Locales: New York
The Plot
The frame narrative is set immediately after the final events of the main story. The opening sequence of a man fleeing cross-country with a kidnapped young girl is quite mysterious because it is offered without explanation.
The main narrative is divided into three parts. The first, told with many flashbacks and memories, defines the situation. Five of the oldest and most influential men in Milburn had been meeting, for companionship and storytelling, as the Chowder Society. Sears James and Ricky (Frederick) Hawthorne are lawyers, John Jaffrey is a physician,...
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