We Sold Our Souls, Grady Hendrix
We Sold Our Souls, Grady Hendrix
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We Sold Our Souls

Author: Grady Hendrix

Narrator: Carol Monda

Unabridged: 12 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/18/2018


Synopsis

In this hard-rocking, spine-tingling supernatural thriller, the washed-up guitarist of a ’90s heavy metal band embarks on an epic road trip across America and deep into the web of a sinister conspiracy.Grady Hendrix, horror writer and author of Paperbacks from Hell and My Best Friend’s Exorcism, is back with his most electrifying novel yet. In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success—but then lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed to stardom as Koffin, leaving his fellow bandmates to rot in obscurity. Two decades later, former guitarist Kris Pulaski works as the night manager of a Best Western—she’s tired, broke, and unhappy. Everything changes when a shocking act of violence turns her life upside down, and she begins to suspect that Terry sabotaged more than just the band. Kris hits the road, hoping to reunite with the rest of her bandmates and confront the man who ruined her life. It’s a journey that will take her from the Pennsylvania rust belt to a celebrity rehab center to a music festival from hell. A furious power ballad about never giving up, even in the face of overwhelming odds, We Sold Our Souls is an epic journey into the heart of a conspiracy-crazed, pill-popping, paranoid country that seems to have lost its very soul … where only a lone girl with a guitar can save us all.

About Grady Hendrix

Grady Hendrix is a novelist and screenwriter based in New York City. His novels include Horrorstör, named one of the best books of 2014 by National Public Radio, and My Best Friend’s Exorcism, for which the Wall Street Journal dubbed him “a national treasure.” The Bram Stoker Award winning Paperbacks from Hell, a survey of outrageous horror novels of the 1970s and ’80s, was called “pure, demented delight” by the New York Times Book Review. He’s contributed to Playboy, the Village Voice, and Variety.

About Carol Monda

Carol Monda is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and accomplished voice-over artist. She is also an award-winning actor known for her work in Out of Season, After You Left, and The Gentlemen.


Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on November 08, 2018

oooh, goodreads choice awards semifinalist for best horror 2018! what will happen? A girl with a guitar never has to apologize for anything. i’ve read all three of grady hendrix’s novels, and while none of them have scared me, they’ve all entertained me. this is the least fun of his books. there are oc......more

Goodreads review by Mort on July 21, 2019

My mind is going a million miles an hour right now - I hope this review will make sense. Loved this book. Loved everything about this book. It's as though Grady Hendrix asked me how I would like my horror served. And he delivered more than he promised. Phew, let me take a breath and try to break this......more

Goodreads review by destiny ♡ on August 14, 2020

I’d been meaning to read something by Grady Hendrix for ages, so I jumped at the chance to review We Sold Our Souls. I’d heard so many of my friends rave about his writing in general, but as a metalhead, I was especially sold on the idea of an entire horror story revolving around this washed-up form......more

Goodreads review by James on September 25, 2018

I love the heart that went into this. But the whole thing feels so...half-baked? First drafty? Love the first half, all the way until after an "escape" scene. After that, it lost me. The plot is too allegorical for its own good. The climax is way too feel-good and family-friendly considering the dar......more


Quotes

“A faithful power ballad to horror literature in all of its forms.” Paste magazine

“Mixes horror with pop culture.” Bustle

“A fast-paced ride, firmly rooted in the pulp-horror tradition.” Booklist (starred review)

“Horror and humor play off each other in a delicate dance.” Nightmare Magazine

“Narrator Carol Monda is a perfect fit for this story of heavy metal, revenge, and redemption. Monda’s voice is gravelly and whiskey tinged as she grinds out the feelings and frustrations of Kris Pulaski…This audio production is highly stylized, matching the novel’s quirky writing.” AudioFile

“Explores heavy metal, its fantasy allegories, and the horrors those allegories reveal…It addresses the inauthenticity and carefully crafted emotional landscape of ‘sellout’ artists, and the underbelly of a violent America…It’s rad.” Los Angeles Review of Books

“A gloriously over-the-top scare fest…Hendrix scatters plenty of barbed popular and consumer culture references throughout.” Publishers Weekly

“Hendrix’s remarkable, immersive prose will have readers recognizing pieces of themselves in the characters’ flawed thoughts and actions.” Library Journal


Awards

  • An i09 Pick
  • Tor.com Reviewers' Choice
  • Booklist Pick
  • NPR Pick
  • Bustle Pick
  • BookRiot Pick
  • Goodreads Choice Awards
  • Library Journal Best Books of the Year
  • Shirley Jackson Award
  • Dragon Award