A Density of Souls
- ISBN-10
- 033048933X
- ISBN-13
- 9780330489331
- Category
- Friendship
- Pages
- 274
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-12
- Publisher
- Pan
- Author
- Christopher Rice
Description
In the brooding milieu of New Orleans, four friends are about to recognise the fragile boundaries between loyalty and betrayal. Once inseparable, Meredith, Brandon, Stephen and Greg enter high school only to learn that their friendship cannot withstand the envy and rage of adolescence. Their individual struggles are fuelled by the generations of family feuds and furtive passions hoarded within their opulent Garden District homes and soon, two violent deaths disrupt the core of this closeted society. Five years later, the former friends are drawn back together as new facts about their mutual history are revealed and what was once held to be a tragic accident is discovered to be murder. As the true story emerges, long-kept secrets begin to unravel and the casual cruelties of high school develop into acts of violence that threaten to destroy an entire community. A Density of Souls marks a stunning debut and its series of shocking twists will leave you reeling. Bold, compelling and haunting, this is American gothic in a new and intriguing guise. 'Less Than Zero meets Donna Tartt spiced with Stephen King' New York Magazine
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