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by: Nick Mamatas
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781887128742
ISBN: 1887128743
Label: Soft Skull Press
Manufacturer: Soft Skull Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 90
Publication Date: November 15, 2001
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
Sales Rank: 1861384
Studio: Soft Skull Press
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Northern Gothic is the story of supernaturally crossed worlds — Manhattan’s Chelsea district of the present and New York during the Civil War draft riots. William, a young Irish immigrant trying to avoid the war, and Ahmadi, a gay man from the South trying to make it in the Big Apple, find their paths — and destinies — intertwined as William is sucked into the racist violence of the riots and Ahmadi is pulled inexorably into the past.
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Rating:  - What? That's it?
Northern Gothic is a good example. In many ways.
It's a good example of an interesting ghost story where the author actually has managed to create something that indeed does feel like a, more or less, unique angle of approach. The ghost genre is not what you'd want to call an easy genre to work with, and really, how many reasons can you come up with for having ghosts return to haunt the living? Not very many. Yet Mamatas has come up with a story that definitely feels quite fascinating. ... Read More
Rating: - A diamond in the rough.
Nick Mamatas, Northern Gothic (Soft Skull Press, 2001)
More and more books from Soft Skull Press seem to be falling into my hands over the last year or so. You may never have heard of Soft Skull Press, but you will. They have a mission to publish the best indie authors they can find, and while they slip on occasion, they also uncover gems every now and then. Nick Mamatas, who's been steadily making a name for himself in the underground horror community for the past five years or so, is ... Read More
Rating: - An interesting first novel
Nick Mamatas will probably gain popularity in increments and remain a cult writer for many years before achieving widespread recognition.
This is a more an interesting first novel than a great work of literature. It has its moments, but for the most part it's an interesting failure. The 1860s Draft Riot scenes deliver a nice tension. Will Patten is a scary character simply because you initially identify with him. Unfortunately Patten gets lost in the ghost story and the main character - ... Read More
Rating:  - Beautiful, tough, and disturbing
Nick Mamatas infuses this "weird tale" that intersects New York's Civil War Draft Riots with a contemporary gay black man's life in Greenwich Village with a smart, and clearly politicized viewpoint. The inexorable play of events seems pitiless on the surface, but the subtly creeping horror works so well because Mamatas refuses to make demons out of the people who are caught in this storm of events. Skip "Gangs of New York" (well, for lots of reasons), and read this instead. It will get under your skin ... Read More
Rating: - Vivid, Fast Paced Read...
Nick Mamatas is now officially on my ones-to-watch list...
This book really took me off guard. A friend recommended it to me, and I began leisurely reading it on a Sunday afternoon...the next thing I knew it was late evening and I had finished the book! It's tightly written and keeps you turning the page...
It's a gutsy book, and has one of the most original plot lines I've read in some time...Definitely one to read...
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