{"product_id":"the-loop-paperback","title":"The Loop - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeremy Robert Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe year's most brutal, cinematic thrill ride is also one of its most critically acclaimed novels.\u003ci\u003e Dazed and Confused\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003e28 Days Later \u003c\/i\u003ein this \"wickedly entertaining,\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) \"volcano of a book\" (Nathan Ballingrud, author of \u003ci\u003eWounds\u003c\/i\u003e) as a lonely young woman teams up with a group of fellow outcasts to survive the night in a town overcome by a science experiment gone wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Month for \u003ci\u003eDen of Geek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOmnivoracious\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Suspense\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/i\u003e' 2020 Readers Choice Nominee for Best Horror, and one of the Best Books of 2020 for \u003ci\u003eThe Lineup\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBooked\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnsettling Reads\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTurner Falls is a small tourist town nestled in the hills of central Oregon. When a terrifying outbreak rapidly develops, this idyllic town becomes the epicenter of an epidemic of violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Loop\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"wild and wonderfully scary novel\" (Richard Chizmar, author of \u003ci\u003eGwendy's Magic Feather\u003c\/i\u003e) that offers a \"hilarious and horrifying\" (Brian Keene, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rising\u003c\/i\u003e) look at what one team of misfits can accomplish as they fight to live through the night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" A] harrowing thrill ride of the first order and an uncompromising page-turner, easily securing its spot as one of the best novels of 2020.\" --\u003ci\u003eRue Morgue\u003c\/i\u003e (featured \"Dante's Pick\" Review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like the best of Crichton or Bentley, it is a great beach read, but it is infused with the neon blood of a brave new writer...  A] kind of literary roller coaster. It will take you to thrilling highs and terrifying lows...\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Loop\u003c\/i\u003e is the gore-soaked, anxiety-inducing, diabolically funny Richard Linklater\/David Cronenberg mashup you never knew you wanted but can't--or at least shouldn't--live without.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Big Thrill\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Unputdownable...Fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe X-Files\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStranger Things\u003c\/i\u003e will be especially thrilled.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A satisfyingly dark satire of, well, everything... a] heart-pounding and deeply unsettling tale.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Loop\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkably propulsive novel, cinematic in the best way, with perfectly tuned tension and excellent character choices...a headlong, straightforward pleasure.\" --\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Loop\u003c\/i\u003e is the Cronenberg film we never got.\" --Nathan Ballingrud, author of \u003ci\u003eNorth American Lake Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWounds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeremy Robert Johnson is the author of the critically acclaimed collection \u003ci\u003eEntropy in Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the breakthrough cult novel \u003ci\u003eSkullcrack City\u003c\/i\u003e. His fiction has been praised by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, authors such as David Wong, Chuck Palahniuk, and Jack Ketchum, and has appeared internationally in numerous anthologies and magazines. In 2008, he worked with The Mars Volta to tell the story behind their Grammy Award-winning album, \u003ci\u003eThe Bedlam in Goliath\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2010 he spoke about weirdness and metaphor as a survival tool at the Fractal 10 conference in Medellin, Colombia. In 2017, his short story \"When Susurrus Stirs\" was adapted for film and won numerous awards including the Final Frame Grand Prize and Best Short Film at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. Jeremy is intermittently social over at Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @JRL_Is_Probable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.99 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52544795279667,"sku":"9781534454309","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VVVPc05tQmJWODJCTDlwM3hWem1PQT09.webp?v=1760961511","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-loop-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}