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Loading... Atmosphere (edition 2002)by Michael Laimo
Work InformationAtmosphere by Michael Laimo
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I found this book to be fairly dry and difficult to get through. The plot was thin and the story was not tied together very well. Overall, disappointing at best. ( ) Atmosphere reads like the first novel that it is. There are some good ideas obviously influenced by Lovecraft, but I was distracted by Laimo's style. Once again, the underground environment of New York City is used for horror effect but it lacks the impact I've seen in other stories. Lots of telling, not so much showing. This novel hits the ground running, opening with short-timer Detective Frank Ballaro's accidental discovery of a horribly mutilated young man who sprints past the shocked detective and directly into the path of a speeding taxicab. As the young man lay dying, he clutches a bizarre object in his torn hands and whispers his last word into Detective Ballaro's ear: "Atmosphere". And the game is afoot. Detective Ballaro finds himself investigating a string of grisly deaths suddenly plaguing his town, New York City. What he uncovers is far more dangerous to mankind than a bloodthirsty serial killer, although the killings are as brutal as anything he could imagine. Mr. Laimo has constructed an intense, visceral rollercoaster ride of terror and violence that doesn't let up until the last page. An absolutely stunning first novel from a writer from whom I have come to expect, and have received, great horror fiction. Nominated for a Bram Stoker Award! no reviews | add a review
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When New York City detective Frank Balloro follows a trail of blood from the curb outside his apartment to an alley, a naked man runs and is hit by a cab. Before he dies, the man whispers, Atmosphere. Frank finds another injured man, clutching a bizarre object. As this case leads Frank from Park Avenue to Harlem, he soon discovers the hideous meaning of atmosphere--and the terror that comes with it. No library descriptions found. |
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