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The Orchid Eater by Laidlaw, Marc is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Orchid Eater about?
Chilling 1994 horror novel from the co-author of Half-Life video game franchise. Laidlaw creates a palpable sense of terror in a chilling tale of obsession and death, as a Southern California teenager and a serial killer become involved in a terrifying duel. ** From Publishers Weekly With unusual insights into the cruel extremism and vulnerability of adolescence, this suspenseful thriller of psychosis and serial killing follows the parallel stories of a young murderer and the boy he might have been in the quiet Southern California town of Bohemia Bay. After several years of street life and wandering, Lupe Diaz arrives in Bohemia to settle a score with his older brother Sal. Lupe blames Sal for his brutal castration (cauterized by blowtorch) at the hands of a gang. As might be expected, Lupe's psychological scars are far worse than his physical ones and he finds comfort in collecting a ghostly gang of victims. The drug-peddling Sal has a gang of his own, a group of gay runaways he shelters in his Bohemia Bay house. Elsewhere in town, Mike James, a bright, artistic high school student, finds an outlet for his thirst for action in a group of semi-delinquents from the local alterna
Who reads The Orchid Eater?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Laidlaw, Marc
- Publisher
- St Martins Pr
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781532310782
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction