<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"[A] stellar first novel . . . with a subtlety worthy of Hitchcock himself." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review</b> <p/> The long-awaited first novel by the award-winning author of two impressive story collections explores the sinister side of desire in Bakersfield, California, circa 1959, when a famous director arrives to scout locations for a film about madness and murder at a roadside motel. Unfolding in much the same way that Hitchcock made <i>Psycho</i>--frame by frame, in pans, zooms, and close-ups--Mun oz's re-creation of a vanished era takes the reader into places no camera can go, venturing into the characters' private thoughts, petty jealousies, and unrealized dreams. The result is a work of stunning originality.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"'I want to remind readers that books are better at haunting us than movies are, ' Mun oz has said of his ambitions for <i>What You see in the Dark</i>. 'Haunting' is only the beginning of what his fine debut novel accomplishes. [It] strikes emotional chords so deep and with such precision, it almost makes you believe you've discovered a new art form." --<i>The Austin Chronicle</i><br><br>"[A] stellar first novel . . . with a subtlety worthy of Hitchcock himself." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review<br><br>"Eerily cinematic." --<i>O: The Oprah Magazine</i><br><br>"One of the cleverest suspense conceits I've encountered in a long time: two young lovers become entwined in a doomed affair, while, at the same time, Hitchcock and his minions begin setting up their equipment in sleepy bakersfield . . . This atmospheric tale of twisted minds and small-town murder would've put a demented gleam in The Master's eye." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR.org<br /><br><br>"The making of Alfred Hitchcock's <i>Psycho</i> would seem out of place in a serious literary novel about small-town California . . . [But] Manuel Mun oz pulls off this strange juxtaposition with stunning success . . . An audacious debut novel." --<i>The Cleveland Plain Dealer</i><br /> <br /> <br /><i></i><br>
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