Peter Straub

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Criticism

Brockway, James. A review of Marriages in Books and Bookmen 18, No. 8 (May 1973): 100.

Negative review in which the critic faults Straub's style, stating that certain passages are "painstakingly boring."

Lyons, Gene. "Horror Shock." New York Times Book Review (8 April 1979): 14.

Mixed review of Ghost Story in which the critic concludes that, even though Straub's storytelling is at times "glacial," the novel is "a quite sophisticated literary entertainment."

Sutcliffe, Thomas. "Getting the Wind Up." Times Literary Supplement, No. 4072 (17 April 1981): 430.

Mixed review of Shadowland in which the critic briefly discusses Straub's use of spectral effects, gothic conveniences, and conventions of supernatural tales.

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