The Funhouse
Evil comes in frightening and familiar forms in this terrifying novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.
Once there was a girl who ran away and joined a traveling carnival. She married a man she grew to hate—and gave birth to a child she could never love. A child so monstrous that she killed it with her own hands...
Twenty-five years later, Ellen Harper has a new life, a new husband, and two normal children—Joey loves monster movies and Amy is about to graduate from high school. But their mother drowns her secret guilt in alcohol and prayer. The time has come for Amy and Joey to pay for her sins, because the carnival is coming back to town...
352 pages
English edition · First published 1994 by Berkley · ISBN 9780425142486
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Ratings and reviews
I watched the movie and then realized I had the book on my bookshelf. But as always I read the book and listened to the audiobook while at work. The Funhouse is a good movie. But the excessive screaming irritated me. the book and audiobook are fantastic. I loved the feel of fear this book gave me even though I knew what was going to happen and what terror these characters would go through. I recommend reading/listening to the book and then watching the movie.
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