The Resurrectionist
Jack O'Connell
Sweeney, a druggist, takes a job at the fortresslike Peck Clinic, where he hopes his comatose son will be "resurrected" as other patients there have been, but finds that salvation may instead lie within a comic book.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN-13
- 9781565125766
- Genre
- HorrorFiction
- Topics
- Grief and lossReality vs fictionMedical mystery
Awards
- Shirley Jackson Award for Best NovelShortlisted(2008)
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