The Boys Are Back in Town

by Christopher Golden

Book Overview

From a master of horror, dark fantasy, and suspense comes a compelling and uniquely original work of paranormal suspense in which one man finds himself trapped in a web of ever-shifting reality which... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553382071
• ISBN13: 9780553382075
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Golden Found A New Fan

I have to say this was some the best dark modern fantasy I've read in quiet some time. I will be reading more from this author for some time. Highly recommended.

Shuffle the deck.

Will James was living the 'alright' kind of life in Boston, MA working as a Lifestyles and entertainment critic for the Boston Tribune. A little down on his luck without the current promotion he had been waiting for he still has to get ready for his upcoming High School reunion. As he starts to rekindle past friendships, a little ways into the reunion things and the people he once knew start to change before his very eyes. However, that is not the only thing that changes, even some of his own memories of the past start to reshuffle. This book is *very* enriched in characters. Especially, the hero Will James who has become a fast favorite. A hero with all of the abilities, but also all of the human flaws. You will be invested in all of the characters events and emotions throughout. The pages in this adventurous book will have you not only going back in time, but you will be delt with amazing twists and turns at every page! Do you believe in magic? Will James did and now it is up to him to find out what the shuffling of the deck is all about. Can he save the past for the future before it is too late?

Boys Are Back in Town

The Boys Are Back in Town by Christopher Golden: Christopher Golden has established himself as a talented writer within the horror genre. In The Boys Are Back in Town, he tells an incredible story, one that reminds readers there are still great books being written that will suck you in from the first page, and make you want to shut off from your life and commitments until you get to that last page. Will James is in his late twenties and while he hasn't necessarily managed to follow his dreams...more The Boys Are Back in Town by Christopher Golden: Christopher Golden has established himself as a talented writer within the horror genre. In The Boys Are Back in Town, he tells an incredible story, one that reminds readers there are still great books being written that will suck you in from the first page, and make you want to shut off from your life and commitments until you get to that last page. Will James is in his late twenties and while he hasn't necessarily managed to follow his dreams, he is a journalist working for a newspaper and is happy with the life he has. He suffers suspicion from others due to his pursuit of the supernatural and any story involving magic. However, he considers it his job to debunk these people and reveal them as the frauds they are. The high point for his weekend is his ten-year high school reunion, which begins Friday night with a meeting with Stacy, a former friend who has become an interesting and beautiful woman. But when Will asks where his best high school friend Mike is, he is greeted with anger and furious stares, and a short while later memories surface of Mike dying in a horrific hit-and-run accident during their senior year. Will is confused, for he has vaguer memories - shadows in his mind - of knowing Mike through college and receiving an e-mail from him just the week before about coming to the reunion. The next day at the Homecoming game, Will makes a comment to another close friend, Ashleigh, about the Homecoming Queen during their senior year, but then is corrected by her. She says that it was a different person because the girl was raped the night before. Before his eyes, Will watches Ashleigh visibly change, as she recounts how she was also raped, which is why she can't have children. Will feels his mind splitting, since he recalls visiting Ashleigh and her husband last Christmas, and seeing their beautiful twins. He knows there is something very wrong going on here, not just someone playing a prank on him; someone is messing with his timeline, his reality, changing events. He has some ideas about who is involved, but he's going to have to go back to the life of magic that he had deliberately forgotten; it will require using a spell that will take him back to his high school years. He's going to have to stop whoever is doing this, whoever is rewriting history, and changing his life before his very eyes. The Boys Are Back in Town will horrify and astound, as well as bring back memories of your high

Golden is golden

Got hooked right from the first paragraph. The perils of tinkering with ones memories comes to wreck havoc on the lives of not only the main character Will James but those around him. The plot twists and turns and dark alleys that Chris brings us through kept me on the edge of my seat. It was a great read!

Relatable and nostalgic

As a current high school student, I find it difficult to find teen novels that honestly show the reality of a high school student's life. Not only do most books stereotype their characters and place them into cliques, but they scrub them clean of any nitty gritty, deep down emotions and thoughts that teenagers may share. When trying to appeal to a larger demographic, they forget about being completely real to their inspiration.This is not so in "The Boys Are Back in Town". When picking it up, I found myself unable to put the book down for quite some time. Beautifully written, Golden's narrative nostalgic story flows well and is always peaking your interest.The one thing I especially liked about this novel was its honesty. So what if it seems that the amount of curses and obsceneties is a little much? If you're in high school, or recall high school very well, you may remember that those words are used as a part of an everyday vocabulary. Your emotions are at its highest, and Golden shows this through the characters reactions.I also enjoyed the pop culture references. When you're in high school, your life revolves around the media and this is something that is touched upon very well in the story.I thoroughly enjoyed the no shame, bluntness of the characters and have found this to be one of the best books Golden has written.