Off Season : The Unexpurgated Signed Limited Edition
by Jack Ketchum

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Book Review: Graphic horror delight.
Summary: 5 Stars

This is Jack Ketchum's first book, and one of, if not his best. Ketchum takes you on a wild ride that assaults you at every turn and then runs you straight into a brick wall. Outside of the opening chapters of the book, part I and part II can read a little slow. However, the reader will find these two parts are necessary and a well-planned lead into part III. Ketchum sets you up, pulls the rug out from underneath you, and then gives you the knock out punch.

Within a story that is well laid out, there are scenes of graphic events. Be forewarned that some of these are extremely descriptive and brutal in nature. There's enough blood, guts, gore, and death to fill several books. If tamer scenes from writers like Clive Barker and Stephen King bother you, then this book is NOT for you. If you like writers like Edward Lee and Lucy Taylor, and you like Ketchum's other works, then this book IS for you.

If you read the unexpurgated version, do not read the introduction or afterword until you've finished the book. There are passages in both of these that will give away parts of the book. What amazes me is that there once was more to this book. Ketchum explains that this was the version to be published after the first major editing session. He tossed his original manuscript after that edit, so the story in it's entirely is forever lost. The first mass mark publication was edited even more that what you will read in the Unexpurgated version.

Summary of Off Season : The Unexpurgated Signed Limited Edition

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• Subjects > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror
• Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers > Psychological Thrillers