{"product_id":"the-ceremonies-by-t-e-d-klein-first-paperback-printing-1985-bantam","title":"The Ceremonies by T.E.D. Klein [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1985 • Bantam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ceremonies by T.E.D. Klein\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING [1985] BANTAM BOOKS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e1st Bantam printing w\/ metallic embossed cover and stepback page beneath.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage mass market paperback in good condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover shows wear.  Several scuffs to metallic foil on front cover and heavy read-creasing to spine.  Stepback page shows some edge wear \/ discoloration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReads clean with a dozen or two wrinkled pages toward rear or book (no signs of water damage) \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- see photos.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"freeText8995614301572695230\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eChalking up the British Fantasy Award for Best First Novel on its original publication back in 1984, The Ceremonies was hailed by Stephen King as the best horror novel since Peter Straub's Ghost Story. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the terrifying vision of its opening scene to the breathtaking horror of its climax,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ceremonies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eturns our familiar world into a place of malevolent intrigue and ominous design. In the grip of an extraordinary writer, it plumbs the darkest underpinnings of ancient myth and folklore to reveal an undying evil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor graduate student Jeremy Freirs, citified, cynical, yet prone to daydreams, summer is the time to shed a few pounds and finally get some reading done for a course on gothic literature. He's picked just the right place: the small, secluded village of Gilead, New Jersey, only ninety minutes from Manhattan but, with its antique customs and clannish traditions, seemingly centuries away. For farmers Sarr and Deborah Poroth, young members of Gilead's fundamentalist community, the summer threatens a conflict between their passionate natures and the stern dictates of their faith. For Sarr's widowed mother, gifted with second sight, it promises the frightful awakening she's dreaded all her life. And for aspiring dancer Carol Conklin, a naive country girl struggling to survive in the city, it brings not only the first blush of romance but a lucky job with a kindly-looking old man known as Mr. Rosebottom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 'Rosie,' as he calls himself, bears a more sinister name the Old One and a far more terrifying secret. Though the signs are all about them, he alone knows the invisible design that rules these people's lives as they dance unwittingly toward doom: for in the heat of summer an ancient corruption is stirring, an evil rooted not far from the Poroth farm, yet reaching to the city and beyond. The time has come for the Ceremonies, the monstrous rites that will unleash on a despised creation an age-old promise of apocalypse. And to see the scheme unfold, like some deadly flower, is to watch a nightmare come to life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49032854896889,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/ceremonies-1.jpg?v=1789003964","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/the-ceremonies-by-t-e-d-klein-first-paperback-printing-1985-bantam","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}