- Fiction, general
The novel is structured as a series of journal entries made by Rupert, a young man who finds himself stranded on an island in the Bahamas (along with six other people) when their yacht mysteriously explodes. After an ax-wielding maniac claims the lives of two of the castaways, Rupert and the other survivors are forced to try and outwit the mysterious killer in order to save their lives.
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Unpretentious, contemporary, grave and earnest.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Richard Laymon
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 428
- Publisher
- Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Leisure Books, Feature
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780843949780
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