![]() ![]() Every meeting, they tell a new ghost story, each worse than the last. After the death of one of their group a year earlier during a party, which was thrown in honor of a young actress named Ann-Veronica Moore, the meetings of the Chowder Society have grown dark. The basic plot line follows a group of older gentlemen, dubbed the Chowder Society, who have regular meetings to tell stories. As with most gothic horror novels, the plot isn’t exactly straight-forward. ![]() ![]() Trying to describe Ghost Story is a difficult task. For that reason, I picked Ghost Story, one of his most celebrated gothic novels. Now that I’m older and my tastes have matured some more, I figured it was time to give him another try. His writing style is a bit slower paced than what I’d been used to then, and I’d grown bored and moved on to a different book. Other than his collaborations with Stephen King on The Talisman and Black House, I had not read any of Peter Straub’s novels, save for about half of Mr. ![]()
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