![]() Stocked in the shadows of bestsellers and a blur of Stephen King wannabes, Off Season was issued as a paperback original by Ballantine - a publisher who has never shown much enthusiasm for the fiction of fear. Originally published in 1981, Off Season was a defining moment of contemporary horror fiction, an instant classic whose impact on the writing and reading of horror continues today.when I read Off Season, I knew that its writer was different that he was working from that raw and risky perspective known as personal vision, and that he had written a novel that was his own, and not what a publisher wanted or expected. Welcome to Jack Ketchums ferocious and unforgettable first novel, Off Season. They had Hunted every animal but there was no flesh like mans. Dont say your uncle Stevie didnt warn you (heh-heh-heh). If you read it on Thanksgiving, you probably wont sleep until Christmas. ![]() That would be OFF SEASON: The Unexpurgated Edition. ![]() ![]() What Stephen King says About OFF SEASON: Whos the scariest guy in America? Probably Jack Ketchum, the outlaw horror writer whose terrifying first novel is finally available uncut from Overlook Connection Press. ![]()
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