This House Is Haunted: A Novel by the Author of the Heart's Invisible Furies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781590516799)

A Dickensian ghost story from the bestselling author of The Heart's Invisible Furies and A Ladder to the Sky

"A wonderfully creepy novel...magnificently eerie." --The Observer

This House Is Haunted is a striking homage to the classic nineteenth-century ghost story. Set in Norfolk in 1867, Eliza Caine responds to an ad for a governess position at Gaudlin Hall. When she arrives at the hall, shaken by an unsettling disturbance that occurred during her travels, she is greeted by the two children now in her care, Isabella and Eustace. There is no adult present to represent her mysterious employer, and the children offer no explanation. Later that night in her room, another terrifying experience further reinforces the sense that something is very wrong.

From the moment Eliza rises the following morning, her every step seems dogged by a malign presence that lives within Gaudlin's walls. Eliza realizes that if she and the children are to survive its violent attentions, she must first uncover the hall's long-buried secrets and confront the demons of its past. Clever, captivating, and witty, This House Is Haunted is pure entertainment with a catch.

Author: John Boyne
ISBN-10: 1590516796
ISBN-13: 9781590516799
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Language: English
Published: 10/08/2013
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/05/2013
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2013
Booklist 09/15/2013 pg. 40
Library Journal 10/01/2013 pg. 68
New York Times Book Review 10/27/2013 pg. 14
Shelf Awareness 10/25/2013