Off Season
by Jack Ketchum
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Author: Jack KetchumEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-06
ISBN: 0843956968
Number of pages: 308
Publisher: Leisure Books
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Book Review: "Scariest guy in America"
Summary: 5 Stars
Stephen King once wrote, "Who's the scariest guy in America? Probably Jack Ketchum..." King was onto something.
Jack Ketchum has written some of the most horrific, disturbing fiction of this century, and the scariest thing is most his monsters are human. The monsters in Off Season are no exception.
Raised in the woods, stripped of civilization, the antagonists of this story have reverted to savagery and cannibalism. They hunt and kill humans and have several interesting recipes for human flesh. To think that man can regress to such bestiality is horrifying, and only because it's possible. If society can churn out serial killers, then a lack of society can produce something much worse. Off Season shows man at his darkest.
The protagonists of this story are, at first, unsympathetic because of all their flaws and aloofness: we have a no-nonsense editor with a boyfriend who entertains rape fantasies; we have a weak, self-conscious sister. But these imperfections render the characters all the more real, and when contrasted with the cannibals, they quickly become people to root for--especially once Ketchum establishes no one is safe. The character flaws also allow for redemption; the protagonists illustrate that, while man can stoop to depravity, he can also rise to loyalty, bravery, and selflessness, even when hope is futile.
As Stephen King said, Jack Ketchum very well could be the scariest guy in America. But even scarier is his depiction of man's potential for evil.
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