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Dimensions (Overall): 9.3 Inches (H) x 6.52 Inches (W) x 1.98 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.35 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 766
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Fiction + Literature Themes
Sub-Genre: Suspense
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
Author: Justin Cronin
Language: English
Street Date: June 8, 2010
TCIN: 12218698
UPC: 9780345504968
Item Number (DPCI): 059-01-0843
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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About the Book
"Every so often a novel-reader's novel comes along: an enthralling, entertaining story wedded to simple, supple prose, both informed by tremendous imagination. Summer is the perfect time for such books, and this year readers can enjoy the gift of Justin Cronin's "The Passage." It has the vividness that only epic works of fantasy and imagination can achieve. What else can I say? This: Read this book and the ordinary world disappears."--Stephen King.Book Synopsis
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls "a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction." NOW A FOX TV SERIES! NAMED ONE OF PASTE'S BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE DECADE - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY TIME AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post - Esquire - U.S. News & World Report - NPR/On Point - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - BookPage - Library Journal"It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born." An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amy--abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Brad Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her down, is disarmed by the curiously quiet girl and risks everything to save her. As the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong, Wolgast secures her escape--but he can't stop society's collapse. And as Amy walks alone, across miles and decades, into a future dark with violence and despair, she is filled with the mysterious and terrifying knowledge that only she has the power to save the ruined world. Look for the entire Passage trilogy:
THE PASSAGE THE TWELVE THE CITY OF MIRRORS Praise for The Passage "[A] blockbuster."--The New York Times Book Review "Mythic storytelling."--San Francisco Chronicle "Magnificent . . . Cronin has taken his literary gifts, and he has weaponized them. . . . The Passage can stand proudly next to Stephen King's apocalyptic masterpiece The Stand, but a closer match would be Cormac McCarthy's The Road: a story about human beings trying to generate new hope in a world from which all hope has long since been burnt."--Time "The type of big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night."--The Dallas Morning News "Addictive."--Men's Journal "Cronin's unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind."--Parade
Review Quotes
"[A] blockbuster."--The New York Times Book Review "Mythic storytelling."--San Francisco Chronicle "Magnificent . . . Cronin has taken his literary gifts, and he has weaponized them. . . . The Passage can stand proudly next to Stephen King's apocalyptic masterpiece The Stand, but a closer match would be Cormac McCarthy's The Road: a story about human beings trying to generate new hope in a world from which all hope has long since been burnt."--Time "The type of big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night."--The Dallas Morning News "Addictive."--Men's Journal "Cronin's unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind."--Parade "Cronin has given us what could be the best book of the summer. Don't wait to dive into The Passage."--USA Today"Great storytelling . . . vital, tender, and compelling."--O: The Oprah Magazine
"Cronin gets it just right; the combination of attentive realism and doomsday stakes makes for a mesmerizing experience."--Salon "Magnificently unnerving . . . A The Stand-meets-The Road journey."--Entertainment Weekly "Imagine Michael Crichton crossbreeding Stephen King's The Stand and Salem's Lot in that lab on Jurassic Park, with rich infusions of Robert McCammon's Swan Song, Battlestar Galactica and even Cormac McCarthy's The Road."--The Washington Post
About The Author
Justin Cronin is the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage, The Twelve, The City of Mirrors, Mary and O'Neil (which won the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Stephen Crane Prize), and The Summer Guest. Other honors for his writing include a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Whiting Writers' Award. A Distinguished Faculty Fellow at Rice University, he divides his time between Houston, Texas, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.If the item details above aren’t accurate or complete, we want to know about it.
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Every so often a novel-readers novel comes along: an enthralling, entertaining story wedded to simple, supple prose, both informed by tremendous imagination. Summer is the perfect time for such books, and this year readers can enjoy the gift of Justin Cronins The Passage. Read fifteen pages and you will find yourself captivated; read thirty and you will find yourself taken prisoner and reading late into the night. It has the vividness that only epic works of fantasy and imagination can achieve. What else can I say? This: read this book and the ordinary world disappears.And that was all it took. My very favorite author promised me everything I had ever asked for in a book.The official release date for this highly anticipated novel is June 8th, just a week away. I was lucky enough to receive an ARC copy from a Random House giveaway (seriously, it was like winning the lottery). I could hardly wait the bury my nose in it and be swept away.I was not disappointed. The Passage delivered everything promised, and more. There are a lot of similarities to Stephen Kings work (not the least of which is that the 766 page beast could double as a doorstop in a pinch), but I was pleased to find flair and originality. Cronin is a true story-teller. The flow, the cadence of sentences, and the voice of the narrative captivates. Most of the characters were real enough to haunt me well after Id closed the book and turned over to sleep.I do fear the sheer length of the book will dissuade the casual reader from even making an attempt, and that is truly a shame. I hope the book generates enough interest dare I say hype? to overcome this. It really is a worthwhile read for anyone who enjoys a good horror story or post-apocalyptic fable.