Mr. Shivers

Mr. Shivers is a book by Robert Jackson Bennett published by Orbit Books in 2010.

It won the 2010 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel.

Reviews

  • Eric Brown in The Guardian wrote, "Mr Shivers is a startling début, a deft amalgam of thriller, cerebral horror and American gothic, written with a stark and artful simplicity that complements the examination of struggling humanity pushed to its limits."[1]
  • Michael Dirda of The Washington Post praised Bennett "for his convincingly bleak setting and for the creation of "Mr. Shivers", "the Skullsie Man", "the Grinning Bone Dancer."[2]
  • Barry Forshaw in the Daily Express called the book "memorable".[3]

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Eric (9 January 2010). "Science fiction roundup". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Dirda, Michael (11 February 2010). "Book review: Michael Dirda reviews Robert Jackson Bennett's 'Mr. Shivers'". Washington Post. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Forshaw, Barry (12 February 2010). "Mr Shivers: Robert Jackson Bennett". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2012.


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