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Inhalt: " Like Whitehead's The Intuitionist, Alyssa Cole's When No One Is Watching or Zakiya Dalila Harris' The Other Black Girl, Reprieve straddles genres in the best possible way. . Sure to spark conversation and debate at book clubs across the land. 8211 LOS ANGELES TIMESAn eventual American classic that is unrelenting in its beauty and incisive cultural critique. 8211 KIESE LAYMONRecommended by New York Times 8226 Los Angeles Times 8226 Esquire 8226 O Quarterly 8226 Boston Globe 8226 Chicago Tribune 8226 Harper's Bazaar 8226 Shondaland 8226 Thrillist 8226 The Millions 8226 Crimereads 8226 XTRA 8226 Tor 8226 Literary Hub 8226 and more!A chilling and blisteringly relevant literary novel of social horror centered around a brutal killing that takes place in a full-contact haunted escape room8212 a provocative exploration of capitalism, hate politics, racial fetishism, and our obsession with fear as entertainment.On April 27, 1997, four contestants make it to the final cell of the Quigley House, a full-contact haunted escape room in Lincoln, Nebraska, made famous for its monstrosities, booby-traps, and ghoulishly costumed actors. If the group can endure these horrors without shouting the safe word, reprieve, they'll win a substantial cash prize8212 a startling feat accomplished only by one other group in the house's long history. But before they can complete the challenge, a man breaks into the cell and kills one of the contestants. Those who were present on that fateful night lend their points of view: Kendra Brown, a teenager who's been uprooted from her childhood home after the sudden loss of her father,Leonard Grandton, a desperate and impressionable hotel manager caught in a series of toxic entanglements,and Jaidee Charoensuk, a gay international student who came to the United States in a besotted search for his former English teacher. As each character's journey unfurls and overlaps, deceit and misunderstandings fueled by obsession and prejudice are revealed, forcing all to reckon with the ways in which their beliefs and actions contributed to a horrifying catastrophe. An astonishingly soulful exploration of complicity and masquerade, Reprieve combines the psychological tension of classic horror with searing social criticism to present an unsettling portrait of this tangled American life. "

Inhalt: Biographisches: " James Han Mattson is the acclaimed author of The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves . A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he is the recipient of awards from the Copernicus Society of America and Human-ities North Dakota. He was a featured storyteller on The Moth and has taught writing at the University of Iowa, the University of Cape Town, the George Washington University, the University of Maryland, Murray State University, and the University of California8211" Rezension(2): " Victor LaValle, New York Times Book Review :Like Whitehead's The Intuitionist, Alyssa Cole's When No One Is Watching or Zakiya Dalila Harris' The Other Black Girl, Reprieve straddles genres in the best possible way. The late 1990s murder of a man in Quigley House, a full-contact haunted house in Lincoln, Neb., during a contest gone awry, and the ensuing trial are just part of the story. It's the compelling flashbacks from diverse contestants and others that drive Mattson's deeper examination of America's addiction to horror, casual racism, deteriorating political climate and a whole lot more. Sure to spark conversation and debate at book clubs across the land." Rezension(3): "Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times :It's 1990s Nebraska, and a group of four contestants is close to completing an escape room known for its horrors. But when one of them is killed by an intruder, the survivors 8212" Rezension(4): "Gabino Iglesias, NPR :Mattson crafts a nail-biting horror saga while also implicating us in our sick obsession with horror. So too does the novel evoke blistering social horror, forcing us to reckon with how racism, prejudice, and complicity are more horrifying8212" Rezension(5): " New York Times, 20 New Works of Fiction to Read This Season:Sharp as a razor's edge . Mattson's devious trick is in revealing America itself as a topsy-turvy house of horrors. " Rezension(6): " TODAY :One of the buzziest of buzz books is Reprieve by James Han Mattson, who knows a thing about subverting genre. Nothing haunted here, just a killing in a Midwestern haunted attraction that spirals into a trial, the politics of horror itself and the long reach of complicity." Rezension(7): "Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire , The Best Books of Fall 2021:An eclectic crew enters a haunted escape room in Nebraska,things go terribly wrong. A fascinating debut thriller with ambitions that go beyond the genre's conventions." Rezension(8): " O Quarterly , Fall Reading Spectacular:If someone doesn't make an absolutely awesome movie out of James Han Mattson's novel Reprieve in the next few years, I will have lost a whole lot of faith in the Hollywood machine. Not only just a straight-up terrifying horror novel, Reprieve is jam-packed with biting social commentary that manages to touch on everything from capitalism to race. It is hold-your-breath tense throughout and will leave your mind feeling like someone's had their fingers in there, fumbling around just to make you feel something. It is wild and risky and audacious in the very best way possible. Reprieve is the perfect October read and one that might have you thinking about coming up with your own safe word for the journey." Rezension(9): " Chicago Tribune :Ambitious in scope . brutal, but astute and riveting." Rezension(10): "Joshunda Sanders, Boston Globe :Reprieve is an eventual American classic that is unrelenting in its beauty and incisive cultural critique. But it is James Han Mattson's treatment of his fully flawed characters that clutches my heart and head. Every room in this book has a secret room. Every character has a shadow trying to swallow them whole. I'm not sure there is 'fearless' American writing, but a few times a generation, there is innovative writing that appears to confront, shred, and accept the fears of its author and its readers with a wicked joy. Reprieve is that book. It really is." Rezension(11): " Shondaland , Fall 2021 Reading List:I'm not one who is often prone to horror, but this eerie novel about a death inside a full-contact escape room stretches the genre to eye-opening degrees. As Mattson fills out the backstories of the witnesses, he probes racial fetishism and far-right radicalization8212" Rezension(12): " Xtra , The Most Intriguing LGBTQ2S+ Releases:Reprieve takes horror as its subject, while also using the genre as its means, delivering twists and fright and the kind of storytelling that keeps you turning pages. But the brilliance of James Han Mattson's..." Rezension(13): "Library Journal: May 1, 2021 In 1997, four contestants have managed to make it to the final cell of a booby-trapped, chills-for-everyone escape room called Quigley House without shrieking the safe word, reprieve . It's a rare feat defeated when someone breaks into the cell and kills one of the contestants. Those remaining--teenager Kendra Brown, who has lost her father and consequently her childhood home,Leonard Grandton, caught in a series of poisonous relationships,and international student Jaidee Charoensuk, hoping to reconnect with a beloved former teacher--reflect on their part in the tragedy. From Iowa Writers' Workshop grad Mattson ( The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves ), literary horror for readers of all stripes (except the easily unsettled),with a 150,000-copy first printing. Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(14): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: August 1, 2021 An interactive haunted house is the proving ground for several self-deluded characters. From the outset of this novel, set in Lincoln, Nebraska, circa 1997, we know that Leonard, a 37-year-old hotel manager, is on trial for murdering Bryan, a participant in a staged horror experience. Excerpts from the trial transcript and chapters named for the cells marking the progress of the deadly game create a structure for this study of misplaced and/or unrequited love. John is the impresario and puppet master of Quigley House, a full-contact haunt that has attracted a nationwide though decidedly niche fan base. Kendra, a new Quigley employee, is a 15-year-old girl still reeling from her father's recent death. Playing on her neediness, John manipulates Kendra into persuading her cousin Bryan to join a team that will endure increasingly grisly challenges in hopes of winning $60,000. The other team members are Jaidee, a Thai exchange student at the University of Nebraska,Victor, who was his English teacher in Thailand,and Jane, Victor's fiancee. Jaidee, who came to Nebraska to find Victor, who he thinks left coded love messages on his homework assignments, is also Bryan's roommate. Although participants in Quigley House tours often end up with minor injuries and PTSD, the experience is not supposed to be life-threatening. Danger can always be averted by uttering the safe word, reprieve. Not this time, though, and the true mystery here is why? This is a worthy attempt at a complex psychological thriller, but it fails to stick its landing. The characters' motivations are often opaque, and their behavior sometimes defies logic, particularly when life-altering decisions are at stake. The plot developments building to the climax will occasion much head-scratching. Despite some haunting scenes, a frustrating read. COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. " Rezension(15): " Publisher's Weekly : August 9, 2021 Mattson ( The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves ) returns with the smart and harrowing story of a killing at a haunted house. In 1997, Victor Dunlap, a bank manager who used to teach English in Thailand, agrees to participate in a full-contact escape room–style challenge at Quigley House in Lincoln, Nebr. His four-person team includes his fianc233" Rezension(16): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from August 1, 2021 Mattson (The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves, 2017) presents a brilliant hybrid, a thought-provoking look at marginalization and systemic oppression expertly nestled inside a high-anxiety tale about the horror industry itself. Readers enter at the end of the nightmare, at a 1997 murder trial in Lincoln, Nebraska. The crime happened in Quigley House, an infamous, full-contact haunted house attraction, when a team of four contestants attempted to win thousands of dollars. After each interlude of court documents or descriptions of that evening, the story moves to longer, more character-driven chapters, where three of the key players in this large cast--Kendra, a Black teenager new to Nebraska, Jaidee, a gay Thai college student, and Leonard, a local hotel manager--tell their stories, including the months leading up to the fateful night. Severely unsettling at every turn, the book alternates the unrelenting tension of the real world with the in-your-face terror of the haunt, meaning there is no reprieve from the fear. This is a rare treat of a novel that will be devoured by fans of pulp horror titles like The Dark Game by Jonathan Janz (2019) and by those who like the juxtaposition of supernatural and real-world horrors found in the works of Victor LaValle. COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "

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