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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Publication date
September 10, 2013
Pages
412
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780812982251
ISBN-10
0812982258
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.70 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review ⢠The Washington Post ⢠Publishers Weekly
New Hyde Hospitalâs psychiatric ward has a new resident. It also has a very, very old one.
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Pepper is a rambunctious big man, minor-league troublemaker, working-class hero (in his own mind), and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York. Heâs not mentally ill, but that doesnât seem to matter. He is accused of a crime he canât quite square with his memory. In the darkness of his room on his first night, heâs visited by a terrifying creature with the body of an old man and the head of a bison who nearly kills him before being hustled away by the hospital staff. Itâs no delusion: The other patients confirm that a hungry devil roams the hallways when the sun goes down. Pepper rallies three other inmates in a plot to fight back: Dorry, an octogenarian schizophrenic whoâs been on the ward for decades and knows all its secrets; Coffee, an African immigrant with severe OCD, who tries desperately to send alarms to the outside world; and Loochie, a bipolar teenage girl who acts as the groupâs enforcer. Battling the pill-pushing staff, one another, and their own minds, they try to kill the monster thatâs stalking them. But can the Devil die?
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The Devil in Silver brilliantly brings together the compelling themes that spark all of Victor LaValleâs radiant fiction: faith, race, class, madness, and our relationship with the unseen and the uncanny. More than that, itâs a thrillingly suspenseful work of literary horror about friendship, love, and the courage to slay our own demons.
Praise for The Devil in Silver
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âA fearless exploration of Americaâs heart of darkness . . . a dizzying high-wire act.ââThe Washington Post
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âLaValle never writes the same book and his recent is a stunner. . . . Fantastical, hellish and hilarious.ââLos Angeles Times
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âItâs simply too bighearted, too gentle, too kind, too culturally observant and too idiosyncratic to squash into the small cupboard of any one genre, or even two.ââThe New York Times Book Review
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âEmbeds a sophisticated critique of contemporary Americaâs inhumane treatment of madness in a fast-paced story that is by turns horrifying, suspenseful, and comic.ââThe Boston Globe
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âLaValle uses the thrills of horror to draw attention to timely matters. And he does so without sucking the joy out of the genre. . . . A striking and original American novelist.ââThe New Republic
From the Hardcover edition.
The New York Times Book Review ⢠The Washington Post ⢠Publishers Weekly
New Hyde Hospitalâs psychiatric ward has a new resident. It also has a very, very old one.
Â
Pepper is a rambunctious big man, minor-league troublemaker, working-class hero (in his own mind), and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York. Heâs not mentally ill, but that doesnât seem to matter. He is accused of a crime he canât quite square with his memory. In the darkness of his room on his first night, heâs visited by a terrifying creature with the body of an old man and the head of a bison who nearly kills him before being hustled away by the hospital staff. Itâs no delusion: The other patients confirm that a hungry devil roams the hallways when the sun goes down. Pepper rallies three other inmates in a plot to fight back: Dorry, an octogenarian schizophrenic whoâs been on the ward for decades and knows all its secrets; Coffee, an African immigrant with severe OCD, who tries desperately to send alarms to the outside world; and Loochie, a bipolar teenage girl who acts as the groupâs enforcer. Battling the pill-pushing staff, one another, and their own minds, they try to kill the monster thatâs stalking them. But can the Devil die?
Â
The Devil in Silver brilliantly brings together the compelling themes that spark all of Victor LaValleâs radiant fiction: faith, race, class, madness, and our relationship with the unseen and the uncanny. More than that, itâs a thrillingly suspenseful work of literary horror about friendship, love, and the courage to slay our own demons.
Praise for The Devil in Silver
Â
âA fearless exploration of Americaâs heart of darkness . . . a dizzying high-wire act.ââThe Washington Post
Â
âLaValle never writes the same book and his recent is a stunner. . . . Fantastical, hellish and hilarious.ââLos Angeles Times
Â
âItâs simply too bighearted, too gentle, too kind, too culturally observant and too idiosyncratic to squash into the small cupboard of any one genre, or even two.ââThe New York Times Book Review
Â
âEmbeds a sophisticated critique of contemporary Americaâs inhumane treatment of madness in a fast-paced story that is by turns horrifying, suspenseful, and comic.ââThe Boston Globe
Â
âLaValle uses the thrills of horror to draw attention to timely matters. And he does so without sucking the joy out of the genre. . . . A striking and original American novelist.ââThe New Republic
From the Hardcover edition.
Editions
Editions for the work The Devil in Silver
Hardcover
from Spiegel & Grau (August 21, 2012)
9781400069866 | details & prices | 412 pages | 6.25 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $27.00
About: New Hyde Hospital's psychiatric ward has a new resident.
About: New Hyde Hospital's psychiatric ward has a new resident.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Spiegel & Grau (September 10, 2013)
9780812982251 | details & prices | 412 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $16.00
This edition also contains The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver
About: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review ⢠The Washington Post ⢠Publishers WeeklyNew Hyde Hospitalâs psychiatric ward has a new resident.
This edition also contains The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver
About: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review ⢠The Washington Post ⢠Publishers WeeklyNew Hyde Hospitalâs psychiatric ward has a new resident.
Editions for the work The Devil in Silver
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Spiegel & Grau (September 10, 2013)
9780812982251 | details & prices | 412 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $16.00
This edition also contains The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver
About: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review ⢠The Washington Post ⢠Publishers WeeklyNew Hyde Hospitalâs psychiatric ward has a new resident.
This edition also contains The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver
About: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review ⢠The Washington Post ⢠Publishers WeeklyNew Hyde Hospitalâs psychiatric ward has a new resident.
CD/Spoken Word
Mp3 una edition from Ingram Pub Services (August 21, 2012)
9781611208566 | details & prices | 5.50 × 5.00 × 0.30 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $29.99
About: Pepper is a rambunctious big man, and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York.
About: Pepper is a rambunctious big man, and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York.
Editions for the work The Devil in Silver
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Spiegel & Grau (September 10, 2013)
9780812982251 | details & prices | 412 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $16.00
This edition also contains The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver
About: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review ⢠The Washington Post ⢠Publishers WeeklyNew Hyde Hospitalâs psychiatric ward has a new resident.
This edition also contains The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver, The Devil in Silver
About: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review ⢠The Washington Post ⢠Publishers WeeklyNew Hyde Hospitalâs psychiatric ward has a new resident.
CD/Spoken Word
Unabridged edition from Ingram Pub Services (August 21, 2012)
9781611208528 | details & prices | 6.50 × 5.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.58 lbs | List price $59.99
About: Pepper is a rambunctious big man, and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York.
About: Pepper is a rambunctious big man, and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York.
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