The Devil in Silver
A Novel
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- 4,99 €
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- 4,99 €
Publisher Description
SOON TO BE AN AMC+ LIMITED SERIES • New Hyde Hospital’s psychiatric ward has a new resident. It also has a very, very old one.
“A dizzying high-wire act.”—The Washington Post
“Fantastical, hellish, and hilarious.”—Los Angeles Times
“By turns horrifying, suspenseful, and comic.”—The Boston Globe
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly
Pepper is the surprised inmate of a mental institution in Queens, New York. In the darkness of his room, on his first night, a terrifying creature with the body of an old man and the head of a bison nearly kills him before being hustled away by the hospital staff. It’s no delusion: The other patients confirm that a devil roams the hallways when the sun goes down. Pepper rallies three other inmates in a plot to kill the monster that’s stalking them. But can the Devil die?
The Devil in Silver is a thrillingly suspenseful literary work about friendship, love, and the courage to slay our own demons.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This searing novel presents a distinctive take on the trials of mental health patients in the United States. After an altercation with the cops, boisterous but good-natured Pepper is brought into a psychiatric ward for holding, where he (like all the other patients) is routinely drugged into a stupor that saps his will to leave. Author Victor LaValle, who told Apple Books about his real-life experiences visiting family members in psych wards, paints a disturbing and realistic portrait of our mental healthcare system—it’s not that the staff is evil, but that corporate profit margins don’t allow for adequate funding. Of course, this being LaValle, he also weaves in fantastical elements, building on the myth of the Minotaur. We loved his characters as well, especially Pepper’s OCD-troubled roommate and friend, Coffee. This heartfelt, sometimes-brutal story will keep you hanging on every word.
