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by: Mike Carey
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780446618700
ISBN: 0446618705
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: June 01, 2008
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Sales Rank: 62103
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
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Product Description:
Felix Castor is a freelance exorcist, and London is his stamping ground. It may seem like a good ghostbuster can charge what he likes and enjoy a hell of a lifestyle--but there's a risk: Sooner or later he's going to take on a spirit that's too strong for him. While trying to back out of this ill-conceived career, Castor accepts a seemingly simple ghost-hunting case at a museum in the shadowy heart of London--just to pay the bills, you understand. But what should have been a perfectly straightforward exorcism is rapidly turning into the Who Can Kill Castor First Show, with demons and ghosts all keen to claim the big prize. That's OK: Castor knows how to deal with the dead. It's the living who piss him off...
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Good Stuff
I generally dislike graphic novels, so was not at all sure that I would enjoy this book, since the author had only written graphic novels previously. I'm glad I took a chance on it; it's entertaining, original and very well written indeed. I was delighted by the wry humor; I am not a person who often laughs out loud, but several times, this book surprised me sufficiently to trigger a guffaw (a dainty one, of course, but still a guffaw). The characters and world are original, likeable, AND believable, ... Read More
Rating: - Inventive & captivating!
Took me a while to pick this one up & I'm glad I did! The characters and relationships are fleshed out well as is the interesting setting. Felix's world is modern Britain, with the twist that an inexplicable shift has occurred around the millennium and ghosts and the risen dead linger on, commonly appearing to the living, generally in the vicinity of the site of their deaths or burial ground. Other forms of supernatural beings make an appearance in the world as well. Felix is an exorcist; a nonreligious ... Read More
Rating: - Demons, Ghosts, and Wererats?
Mike Carey has written one of the most original paranormal-thrillers I've ever come across, and done so in a humorous way that will have you turning pages far into the night...and then looking over your shoulder to see if something is watching you.
Highly entertaining!
(If this plot summary leaves you longing for more, please read one of the earlier reviews!)
Rating: - Funny, twilight zone who dunnit
I had not read anything by the author and did not know what to expect...A pleasant surprise. First of all, Felix is a hoot! He is an exorcist detective with a rip-roaring, sense of British humor and a supporting caste of psychic and undead friends. Down on his luck, he takes on the exorcism of a young woman's ghost in a British archive. Meet the not so dull archivists and the adventure begins. Felix can't just bust the ghost and collect the fee. No, there is more to this haunting than just an ancient lovelorn ... Read More
Rating:  - Wow, Wow and Wow!
I had looked at this book a few times either on Amazon or in Barnes & Noble and passed it up every time. I'm so glad I finally picked it up! This is one heck of a well written, interesting, fast moving and exciting story. It could be categorized as horror but not in the King, Koontz, Keene sense. "The Devil You Know" is a noirish detective story (the "detective" being an exorcist) with a supernatural background. There are ghosts and demons but they are played off more as just regular everyday occurences in the ... Read More
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