The Hole
Guy Burt$12.75
$15.00
" A] COMPELLING PSYCHOLOGICAL TALE . . . A QUICK AND INTRIGUING BOOK WITH A TRULY SATISFYING ENDING."
-Publishers Weekly
On a spring day in England, six teenagers venture to a neglected part of their school where there is a door to a small windowless cellar. Behind the door, the old stairs have rotted away. A boy unfurls a rope ladder and five descend into The Hole. The sixth closes the door, locks it from the outside, and walks calmly away. The plan is simple: They will spend three days locked in The Hole and emerge to become part of the greatest prank the school has ever seen. But something goes terribly wrong. No one is coming back to let them out . . . ever. Taut and eerie, suspenseful and disturbing, The Hole is a compelling novel of physical endurance, psychological survival, and unforgettable revelations made all the more stunning by its shocking end. "A frighteningly good plot . . . Expertly borrows the horror and tension that made William Golding's Lord of the Flies such a success."
-Metronews "COMPULSIVELY SINISTER."
-The Times (London)
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Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 05/28/2002
ISBN: 9780345446558
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 5.50h x 8.40w x 0.60d
Review Citations: New York Times 06/09/2002 pg. 32
-Publishers Weekly
On a spring day in England, six teenagers venture to a neglected part of their school where there is a door to a small windowless cellar. Behind the door, the old stairs have rotted away. A boy unfurls a rope ladder and five descend into The Hole. The sixth closes the door, locks it from the outside, and walks calmly away. The plan is simple: They will spend three days locked in The Hole and emerge to become part of the greatest prank the school has ever seen. But something goes terribly wrong. No one is coming back to let them out . . . ever. Taut and eerie, suspenseful and disturbing, The Hole is a compelling novel of physical endurance, psychological survival, and unforgettable revelations made all the more stunning by its shocking end. "A frighteningly good plot . . . Expertly borrows the horror and tension that made William Golding's Lord of the Flies such a success."
-Metronews "COMPULSIVELY SINISTER."
-The Times (London)
BB/Ballantine Books/ 44655 /$ in USA - $ in Canada
Visit our Web site at www.ballantinebooks.com
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 05/28/2002
ISBN: 9780345446558
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 5.50h x 8.40w x 0.60d
Review Citations: New York Times 06/09/2002 pg. 32