Nazareth Hill

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Summary: horror at a slow boil
Review: This is only the second Campbell book I've read and already he's one of my favorite authors. I find him fabulously able at writing suspenseful scenes that make me cringe (in a good way!). "Nazareth Hill" caught me unawares -- a rare, "slow-boil" horror novel in this time of easy, in-your-face, bombastic scares. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Summary: MRJames lives on
Review: To my mind, MR James and Ramsey Campbell are the two greatest writers of ghostly fiction ever, and here Campbell is in fine Jamesian mode - with a novel-length modern-day working of THE ASH TREE. This is a gripping supernatural novel with wonderful atmosphere, living characters and a shocking ending. Savour it as you read it - Campbell's prose is like a fine wine compared to most horror writer's cheap flat lager.