Publisher: Titan Books Ltd ISBN: 9781789091977 Number of pages: 288 Dimensions: 198 x 130 mm You may also be interested in. Written in eerie, powerful prose, THE GRIP OF IT is an enthralling and psychologically intense novel that deals in questions of home: how we make it and how it in turn makes us, inhabiting the bodies and the relationships we cherish. As the couple search for the source of their mutual torment, they become mired in the history of their peculiar neighbours and the mysterious previous residents of the house. Stains contract and expand, mapping themselves onto Julie's body in the form of bruises mould taints the water that James pours from the sink. The architecture becomes unrecognisable, decaying before their eyes. But the house, which sits between lake and forest, has plans for the unsuspecting couple. The real estate agent assures them it is just the house settling, but this house has its own plans for the couple. Touring their prospective suburban home, Julie and James are stopped by a noise.

The move-prompted by James's penchant for gambling, his inability to keep his impulses in check-is quick and seamless both Julie and James are happy to leave behind their usual haunts and start afresh. The following is from Jac Jemc’s novel, The Grip Of It. Jac Jemc's The Grip of It is a chilling literary horror novel about a young couple haunted by their newly purchased home.Ī chilling literary horror novel, Jac Jemc's THE GRIP OF IT tells the story Julia and James, a young couple haunted by their new home. A chilling literary horror novel, Jac Jemcs THE GRIP OF IT tells the story Julia and James, a young couple haunted by their new home. 1 Brooklyn's Best Books of 2017, a BOMB Magazine 'Looking Back on 2017: Literature' Pick, and one of Vulture's 10 Best Thriller Books of 2017. Finalist for the Chicago Review of Books Fiction Award, Dan Chaon's Best of 2017 pick in Publishers Weekly, one of Vol.

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