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by: Gregory Maguire  List Price: $16.00 Amazon.com's Price: $10.88 You Save: $5.12 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060988647 ISBN: 0060988649 Label: Harper Paperbacks Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: September 01, 2002 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks Release Date: September 17, 2002 Studio: Harper Paperbacks Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Winifred Rudge, a bemused writer struggling to get beyond the runaway success of her mass-market astrology book, travels to London to jump-start her new novel about a woman who is being haunted by the ghost of Jack the Ripper. Upon her arrival, she finds that her stepcousin and old friend John Comestor has disappeared, and a ghostly presence seems to have taken over his home. Is the spirit Winnie's great-great-grandfather, who, family legend claims, was Charles Dickens's childhood inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge? Could it be the ghostly remains of Jack the Ripper? Or a phantasm derived from a more arcane and insidious origin? Winnie begins to investigate and finds herself the unwilling audience for a drama of specters and shades -- some from her family's peculiar history and some from her own unvanquished past. In the spirit of A. S. Byatt's Possession, with dark echoing overtones of A Christmas Carol, Lost presents a rich fictional world that will enrapture its readers. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - What is that body crammed in the crawl space? The clever pictures beginning each chapter are a thought provoking puzzle to solve--What is that, a skull? Someone crammed into the crawl space? As the chapter unfolds, so does the mystery of the illustration, often with a creepy twist that only leads to more questions... The writing is so masterful, the more ghoulish themes from Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" running through the modern setting--the main character muses on the similarities to her present moment and the scene where Ebeneezer ... Read More Rating: - mildly entertainingI like the way this author writes, absolutely. I like the story, I like the setting... but what happens when the main character annoys the CRAP out of you? She's a writer researching her next book, which has a lead character with a similar name to hers, only very stupid sounding. It's almost like this isn't Macguire's fault. He wrote the character with so much realism that I actually believe this main character is at fault. She's just STUPID. Maybe he meant her to be that way? ... Read More Rating:  - I've Read Short Stories With More Plot & Character DevelopmentI've read several other Maguire titles, but my disappointment in "Lost" is not based on comparison with them, or on whether Winnie Rudge is "likeable", but is based on the rambling, unfocused plot. Do we have a little "Scrooge" going on? How about a hint of Peter Pan? Or how about Dante's "Inferno"? Should it be a ghost story? Or perhaps a Jack the Ripper red herring? There are a couple of interesting plot elements, but only after enduring 2/3 of the the book to get to something interesting going with ... Read More Rating:  - I think this book is misunderstood.I think a lot of people missed the point with this book. I think the style of the book was intended to throw you off base a little bit, and I think that can be a little too much for some people who are too used to formulas and writing styles. In fact, this is one of my favorite books because it is so different, and makes you think. If your in the mood for some "mind candy" type reading, stick to "Wicked", or "Mirror, Mirror" because you'll like those better. But if you happen to be in the mood for a little ... Read More Rating:  - LostThe cover was torn a bit and it took about two weeks to come to me. However all of the pages were there (and that's all that matters). It was almost new looking other than the slight tear. I would buy from this user again. 
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