Maynard's House is a psychological horror set deep in the isolated Maine wilderness. Herman Raucher is clearly a master of his craft. The writing is sublime, weaving an ambiguously sinister atmosphere across an environment so vivid I felt as though I could reach out and touch it. Austin, our protagonist, is tragic in his PTSD and isolation/5. · Austin Fletcher, a disturbed young Vietnam War vet, is willed a small house deep in the woods of northern Maine. He comes to own it by the generosity of a brother-in-arms—a fellow soldier and confidante, Maynard Whittier, killed in action by a wayward mortar shell. The rugged landscape of Maine is an intoxicating blend of claustrophobic Brand: Diversion Books. · He inherits a remote house from a buddy who was killed in action and once taking residence, is subjected to a multi-layered attack of witchcraft, time shifts, poltergeists, and the like. This keeps the reader off balance and is a good and satisfying story in the occult genre/5(5).
FFB: Maynard's House - Herman Raucher THE STORY: Austin Fletcher has traveled to rural Maine to claim his inheritance. Fresh from war torn jungles of Vietnam Austin has left behind his friend Maynard, one of the many causalities of the war, and bypassed his Midwestern home in order to set up house in the cabin that Maynard willed to him. Maynard's House is a psychological horror set deep in the isolated Maine wilderness. Herman Raucher is clearly a master of his craft. The writing is sublime, weaving an ambiguously sinister atmosphere across an environment so vivid I felt as though I could reach out and touch it. Austin, our protagonist, is tragic in his PTSD and isolation. Maynard's House (Hardcover) Published August 1st by Putnam Pub Group (T) Hardcover, pages. Author (s): Herman Raucher (Goodreads Author) ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: English.
Maynard's House is a horror novel by Herman Raucher. The book is the story of a young Vietnam War veteran, Austin, suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder who learns that his best friend, the eponymous Maynard, has been killed in combat; in his will, Maynard leaves the narrator his house, a historical site in which a woman accused of. Maynard's House by Herman Raucher (): Girl from the North Country [The tree] was gnarled and twisted and barren. It sported no foliage, not a sprig of green or a somnolent bud waiting for April. Maynard spoke of his house and of his dogs. He told of his father who disappeared before he was born, and of his mother who ran off two years later. And of an uncle who was a good guy but hardly a Rockefeller, and of an aunt who couldn't care less and died to prove her point.
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