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Inspection

Josh Malerman

"Josh Malerman is a master at unsettling you-and keeping you off-balance until the last page is turned."-Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Blackbirds

J is a student at a school deep in a forest far away from the rest of the world.

J is one of only twenty-six students, all of whom think of the school's enigmatic founder as their father. J's peers are the only family he has ever had. The students are being trained to be prodigies of art, science, and athletics, and their life at the school is all they know-and all they are allowed to know.

But J suspects that there is something out there, beyond the pines, that the founder does not want him to see, and he's beginning to ask questions. What is the real purpose of this place? Why can the students never leave? And what secrets is their father hiding from them?

Meanwhile, on the other side of the forest, in a school very much like J's, a girl named K is asking the same questions. J has never seen a girl, and K has never seen a boy. As K and J work to investigate the secrets of their two strange schools, they come to discover something even more mysterious: each other.

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  • Classification : Thriller, Crime & Mystery
  • Pub Date : JAN 23, 2020
  • Imprint : Orion
  • Page Extent : 400
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781409193173
  • Price : INR 599
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Josh Malerman

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

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Goblin seems like any other ordinary small town. But with the master storyteller Josh Malerman as your tour guide, you'll discover the secrets that hide behind its closed doors. These six novellas tell the story of a place where the rain is always falling, night-time is always near, and your darkest fears and desires await. Welcome to GOBLIN. . . .

A MAN IN SLICES: A man proves his "legendary love" to his girlfriend with a sacrifice even more daring than Vincent van Gogh's-and sends her more than his heart.

KAMP: Walter Kamp is afraid of everything, but most afraid of being scared to death. As he sets traps around his home to catch the ghosts that haunt him, he learns that nothing is more terrifying than fear itself.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HUNTER!: A famed big-game hunter is determined to capture-and kill-the ultimate prey: the mythic Great Owl who lives in Goblin's dark forests. But this mysterious creature is not the only secret the woods are keeping.

PRESTO: All Peter wants is to be like his hero, Roman Emperor, the greatest magician in the world. When the famous magician comes to Goblin, Peter discovers that not all magic is just an illusion.

A MIX-UP AT THE ZOO: The new zookeeper feels a mysterious kinship with the animals in his care . . . and finds that his work is freeing dark forces inside him.

THE HEDGES: When his wife dies, a man builds a hedge maze so elaborate no one ever solves it-until a little girl resolves to be the first to find the mysteries that wait at its heart.

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PRAISE FOR JOSH MALERMAN:

'Brilliant, insanely compelling' DAILY MAIL


'Fast-paced, frightening' NEW YORK TIMES


'Must-read horror' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY


'One of the best horror stories published for years' EXPRESS


'Brilliant ... Malerman has a knack for ratcheting up the tension with just a word or two' METRO


'Daring readers should find this tale of a malevolent telepathic pig to be a memorable experience' BOOKLIST

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