Can I read The Night Country: A Novel on EtoBox?

The Night Country: A Novel by Stewart O'Nan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Night Country: A Novel about?

A ghost story that begins in everyday tragedy, from a distinctly American master of both forms: a "scary, sad, funny . . . mesmerizing read" (Stephen King) At Midnight on Halloween in a cloistered New England suburb, a car carrying five teenagers leaves a winding road and slams into a tree, killing three of them. One escapes unharmed, another suffers severe brain damage. A year later, summoned by the memories of those closest to them, the three that died come back on a last chilling mission among the living. A strange and unsettling ghost story, The Night Country creeps through the leaf-strewn streets and quiet cul-de-sacs of one bedroom community, reaching into the desperately connected yet isolated lives of three people changed forever by the accident: Tim, who survived yet lost everything; Brooks, the cop whose guilty secret has destroyed his life; and Kyle's mom, trying to love the new son the doctors returned to her. As the day wanes and darkness falls, one of them puts a terrible plan into effect, and they find themselves caught in a collision of need and desire, watched over by the knowing ghosts. Macabre and moving, The Night Country elevates every small town's bad high sch

Who reads The Night Country: A Novel?

Author

Stewart O'Nan

Publisher

Picador

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781429977203

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

4.3 / 5 (91 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14