The Devil in Silver: A Novel

ISBN: 0812982258

Author: LaValle, Victor

Condition: New

New Hyde Hospitals psychiatric ward has a new resident. It also has a very, very old one.A dizzying high-wire act.-The Washington PostFantastical, hellish, and hilarious.-Los Angeles TimesBy turns horrifying, suspenseful, and comic.-The Boston GlobeONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Publishers WeeklyPepper is the surprised inmate of a mental institution in Queens, New York. In the darkness of his room, on his first night, a terrifying creature with the body of an old man and the head of a bison nearly kills him before being hustled away by the hospital staff. Its no delusion: The other patients confirm that a devil roams the hallways when the sun goes down. Pepper rallies three other inmates in a plot to kill the monster thats stalking them. But can the Devil die?The Devil in Silver is a thrillingly suspenseful literary work about friendship, love, and the courage to slay our own demons.