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The Amulet
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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Publisher's Summary
When a rifle range accident leaves Dean Howell disfigured and in a vegetative state, his wife Sarah finds her dreary life in Pine Cone, Alabama made even worse. After long and tedious days on the assembly line, she returns home to care for her corpse-like husband while enduring her loathsome and hateful mother-in-law, Jo. Jo blames the entire town for her son's mishap, and when she gives a strange piece of jewelry to the man she believes most responsible, a series of gruesome deaths is set in motion. Sarah believes the amulet has something to do with the rising body count, but no one will believe her. As the inexplicable murders continue, Sarah and her friend Becca Blair have no choice but to track down the amulet themselves, before it's too late...
Michael McDowell (1950-1999) is best known for his screenplays to the films Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas, but he was also the author of several excellent and underrated Southern Gothic horror novels, of which The Amulet (1979) was the first. Originally published as a pulp paperback, now scarce and long out-of-print, McDowell's grimly humorous and delightfully horrific novel returns in this edition, which features a new introduction by Poppy Z. Brite.
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- Candace
- 2020-04-13
Bloody good listen.
Bloody is the operative word. Amulet is entertaining with solid characters, and a story line that is heavy on the gore. I enjoyed it, although I found the ending to be so abrupt it left character and plot resolution up in the air. Julia Whelan did a great job narrating.
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- Karen
- 2022-10-06
Outstanding!
This is my fifth Michael McDowell novel and I can't get enough. No one sets a scene like McDowell. He makes you feel like you are right there.
In this case "there" is the fictional town of Pine Cone, Alabama during what is probably the '60s. It's during the Vietnam war, anyhow. Most of the town works at the factory making and assembling Pine Cone rifles.
It's one of these rifles that misfires and maims Dean Howell, who loses an eye and suffers severe brain damage. Back home in Pine Cone, his few-screws-loose mother decides this accident is the town's fault. She sets upon them a cursed amulet. Whoever is in possession of the amulet is doomed to a horrible death. Somehow the amulet finds its way from person to person, seducing them with some kind of evil allure that makes them want to own it.
The amulet causes "accidents" which start off horrible and increasingly become more and more macabre with each victim, until the final horrific scene of the novel.
This was a fantastic first Halloween read/listen of the month. The narrator, Julia Whelan, was excellent.
Highly recommended for horror fans, especially fans of early Stephen King. Happy October!
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