The Road Through the Wall

one of history's scariest writers, shirley jackson, writing about one of the world's scariest subjects: children. much of the delight in shirley jackson is the way she sees right through the world, to a creepy core few of us can perceive. in her books, she holds all of these cards, slowly granting th......more

This is a really scary novel, and the scary part pertains to how 'normal' everything is. The residents of Pepper Street are all obsessed with outdoing each other and looking better, earning more money and covering up anything that might make them look different. The same goes for their children, who......more

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First let me comment on this particular publication, which was riddled with editing errors, at one point referring to one of the characters, Miss Fielding, as Miss Flemming. Furthermore, the description on the back of the book doesn't fit the story. Very bizarre. All that said, though slightly diffe......more