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The Glister

A Novel

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  • Category: Fiction - Literary
  • Format: eBook, 240 pages
  • On Sale: March 10, 2009
  • Price: $22.95
  • ISBN: 978-0-385-52949-5 (0-385-52949-X)
The Glister
Written by John Burnside
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385529495
Our Price: $22.95
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Since George Lister’s chemical plant closed down, Innertown has been a shadow of its former self. In the woods that once teemed with life, strange sickly plants grow. Homes that were once happy are threatened by a mysterious illness.

Here, a young boy named Leonard and his friends exist in a state of confusion and despair, as every year or so a boy from their school vanishes after venturing into the poisoned woods. Without conclusive evidence of foul play, the authorities consider the boys to be runaways.

The town policeman suspects otherwise but, paralyzed with fear, he does nothing. And so it is up to the children who remain to take action. Their plan to stop the forces of evil that are destroying their town is at the shocking and terrifying heart of The Glister.

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