This introduces a wonderfully nuanced unreliable narrative edge - after all 15 years have passed since Merry witnessed the events and when she did she was an eight year old child. The story is narrated through the eyes of Merry, sister of Majorie told as a series of flashbacks as she relates her experiences as an eight year old child to an author who intends on writing a book about what really happened. Short of funds they also find themselves host to a production company who turn their plight into reality TV. He suggests that the vulnerable teenager is beset by demons and that an exorcism should be performed. Reluctantly and with nothing left to try, they turn to Catholic Priest Father Wanderly for help. Doctors seem unable to help or prevent the severe and strange outbursts that happen to Majorie on an increasing basis. The plot examines the lives of the Barretts, a seemingly normal suburban American family who find themselves dealing with a situation that threatens to tear them apart when fourteen year old Majorie begins to show signs of acute schizophrenia. I have to say it lives up to all expectation, even that of 'The Book that scared Stephen King'. Titan Books are launching the paperback this month and I've finally found time to give it a read. Scared the living hell out of me, and I'm pretty hard to scare. It's also received pretty much the finest compliment a Horror novel can receive when Stephen King said of the book:

A Head Full of Ghosts was first released last year and won the coveted Bram Stokers award for Best Novel.

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