The Secret History of Twin Peaks
A Novel
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4.8 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From the co-creator of the landmark series Twin Peaks, the story millions of fans have been waiting to get their hands on for more than 25 long years.
The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost enlarges the world of the original series, placing the unexplained phenomena that unfolded there into a vastly layered, wide-ranging history, beginning with the journals of Lewis and Clark and ending with the shocking events that closed the finale. The perfect way to get in the mood for the Showtime series, Twin Peaks: The Return.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Devotees of the cult TV series Twin Peaks, due for a revival in 2017 on Showtime, will welcome this inventive jigsaw puzzle of a book from one of the show's creators. The tantalizing revelations concern events preceding the prequel movie, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and those following the show's last episode. Frost's impressive effort demands close attention. He provides information in the form of a 2016 FBI case file, classified "three levels above top secret," assigned to an unnamed agent after a dossier was recovered from a "crime scene that is still under active investigation." The file consists of an eclectic collection of documents, including facsimiles of purported excerpts from the writings of explorers Lewis and Clark, a newspaper account of an unusual 1927 camping trip, and censored government materials pertaining to UFOs. These documents may be related to special agent Dale Cooper's legendary inquiry into the murder of 18-year-old Laura Palmer. This cryptic volume captures the show's trademark quirky noir flavor as it raises new questions that Twin Peaks fans are sure to feast on.
Customer Reviews
A Much Better Return Than The Series
Its eerie metanarrative snakes through American history, paying special attention to the geniuses, victims, and madmen whose colour rubbed off on the late twentieth century, giving deep roots to the tragicomic pathos of the quirky characters we had come to love in the original television series.
I bitterly wish that this had been the sole source material for the 2017 “Return” series, rather than Lynch’s surrealist horror. It was fine, I suppose, if surrealist horror was what you’d been wanting more of. But in the Twin Peaks I’d fallen for, a pinch of Lynch goes a long way. If instead it’s the mystery, mythology, and eerie character of the place that kept you coming back for more, then this is a much better follow-up than what came to our screens in 2017.
Incidentally, it also makes a much better final chapter for the X-Files than anything we saw on TV - not that it’s trying to be that. But that close encounter involving Nixon and Jackie Gleason… Only a genius could have conceived of it.