Hangsaman

<p>Shirley Jackson's <i>Hangsaman</i> is a story of lurking disquiet and haunting disorientation, inspired by the real-life, unsolved disappearance of a female college student.<br><br>'Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written' Donna Tartt, author of <i>The Goldfinch</i><br><br>Natalie Waite, daughter of a mediocre writer and a neurotic housewife, is increasingly unsure of her place in the world. In the midst of adolescence she senses a creeping darkness in her life, which will spread among nightmarish parties, poisonous college cliques and the manipulations of the intellectual men who surround her, as her identity gradually crumbles.<br><br>This Penguin edition includes a Foreword by Francine Prose.<br><br>Shirley Jackson's chilling tales have the power to unsettle and terrify unlike any other. She was born in California in 1916. When her short story <i>The Lottery </i>was first published in <i>The New Yorker</i> in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the greatest American stories of all time. Her first novel, <i>The Road Through the Wall</i>, was published in the same year and was followed by five more: <i>Hangsaman</i>, <i>The Bird's Nest</i>, <i>The Sundial</i>, <i>The Haunting of Hill House </i>and <i>We Have Always Lived in the Castle</i>, widely seen as her masterpiece. Shirley Jackson died in her sleep at the age of 48.<br><br>'An amazing writer' Neil Gaiman<br><br>'The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable ... It is a place where things are not what they seem; even on a morning that is sunny and clear there is always the threat of darkness looming, of things taking a turn for the worse' A. M. Homes<br><br>'Shirley Jackson is unparalleled as a leader in the field of beautifully written, quiet, cumulative shudders' Dorothy Parker</p> <p>Shirley Jackson's <i>Hangsaman</i> is a story of lurking disquiet and haunting disorientation, inspired by the real-life, unsolved disappearance of a female college student.<br><br>'Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written' Donna Tartt, author of <i>The Goldfinch</i><br><br>Natalie Waite, daughter of a mediocre writer and a neurotic housewife, is increasingly unsure of her place in the world. In the midst of adolescence she senses a creeping darkness in her life, which will spread among nightmarish parties, poisonous college cliques and the manipulations of the intellectual men who surround her, as her identity gradually crumbles.<br><br>This Penguin edition includes a Foreword by Francine Prose.<br><br>Shirley Jackson's chilling tales have the power to unsettle and terrify unlike any other. She was born in California in 1916. When her short story <i>The Lottery </i>was first published in <i>The New Yorker</i> in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the greatest American stories of all time. Her first novel, <i>The Road Through the Wall</i>, was published in the same year and was followed by five more: <i>Hangsaman</i>, <i>The Bird's Nest</i>, <i>The Sundial</i>, <i>The Haunting of Hill House </i>and <i>We Have Always Lived in the Castle</i>, widely seen as her masterpiece. Shirley Jackson died in her sleep at the age of 48.<br><br>'An amazing writer' Neil Gaiman<br><br>'The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable ... It is a place where things are not what they seem; even on a morning that is sunny and clear there is always the threat of darkness looming, of things taking a turn for the worse' A. M. Homes<br><br>'Shirley Jackson is unparalleled as a leader in the field of beautifully written, quiet, cumulative shudders' Dorothy Parker</p>