American Elsewhere

Name: American Elsewhere
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Author: Robert Jackson Bennett
ISBN: 9781470366520

Author: Robert Jackson Bennett

Narrator: Graham Winton

Unabridged: 22 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/16/2013

Categories: Fiction, Gothic, Fantasy, Contemporary, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

From one of our most talented and original new literary voices comes the next great American supernatural novel: a work that explores the dark dimensions of the hometowns and the neighbors we thought we knew. Some places are too good to be true. Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on any map: Wink, New Mexico. In that town, there are quiet streets lined with pretty houses, houses that conceal the strangest things. After a couple years of hard traveling, ex-cop Mona Bright inherits her long-dead mother’s home. And the closer Mona gets to her mother’s past, the more she understands that the people of Wink are very, very different … “Perfect for fans of Stephen King and Neil Gaiman.”—Library Journal

About Robert Jackson Bennett

Robert Jackson Bennett is the author of Foundryside and the Divine Cities trilogy, which was a 2018 Hugo Awards finalist in the Best Series category. The first book in the series, City of Stairs, was also a finalist for the World Fantasy and Locus Awards, and the second, City of Blades, was a finalist for the World Fantasy, Locus, and British Fantasy Awards. His previous novels, which include American Elsewhere and Mr. Shivers, have received the Edgar Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Philip K. Dick Citation of Excellence. He lives in Austin with his family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by LIsa Noell "Rocking the chutzpah!" on December 03, 2021

My review of this is lost. Fine.😤😤 I loved this book! It was intense. Best of all? It was a whole novel. And a damn good one! I'd read it again in a decade or so!......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on February 09, 2017

First of all, I did enjoy this book... in general. There's a lot to love and I've always been a fan of any book that can cross genres, mixing SF/Fantasy/Horror into a wonderful smoothie. This is my third Bennett book, so I knew what I was getting into. Unfortunately, I liked this less than the other......more

Goodreads review by Vicki on February 15, 2024

Would you like to see a magic trick? AMERICAN ELSEWHERE by Robert Jackson Bennett No spoilers. 4 stars. Welcome to Wink, New Mexico. Time is broken here, no one leaves, and everything is done by arrangement... On the mesa overlooking Wink stands an RKO-style antenna, which the people of Wink look up to......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 15, 2014

Two stars feels sort of harsh, but the definition given by this site is 'it was ok', and that pretty much sums up my feelings about this book. This novel has both horror and science fiction aspects and both of them were a little lacking. As a horror novel, it lacked much true 'creepiness'. Most of th......more

Goodreads review by Gabrielle (Reading Rampage) on March 03, 2020

4 and a half stars, rounded up. The first few chapters of “American Elsewhere” sets up this story as a blend of “The Stepford Wives” ([URL not allowed]) and Lovecraftian horror. And it is, but it also isn’t. Robert Jackson Bennett has a very unique voice, and while he might cer......more