The Ghost Writer
2004 • 384 pages
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Average rating3.9
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Ratings7
Average rating3.9
Plagued with unpleasant memories of his mother's death, shy Gerard Freeman is obsessed with the manuscript of a century-old ghost story written by his great-grandmother and entrusted to his care.
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I rated this “amazing,” even though I think the end is kind of a mess, just because everything leading up to that is so entrancing. Plus, there are a few nested short stories that are absolutely dynamite.
I'm constantly on the lookout for more books in this vein. I'd say similar novels include The Thirteenth Tale and The Historian. I just love the combination of gothic styling, investigation of murky family secrets, ghost stories and bibliophile protagonists.
