{"product_id":"the-other-paperback-4","title":"The Other - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Tryon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDan Chaon\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolland and Niles Perry are identical thirteen-year-old twins. They are close, close enough, almost, to read each other's thoughts, but they couldn't be more different. Holland is bold and mischievous, a bad influence, while Niles is kind and eager to please, the sort of boy who makes parents proud. The Perrys live in the bucolic New England town their family settled centuries ago, and as it happens, the extended clan has gathered at its ancestral farm this summer to mourn the death of the twins' father in a most unfortunate accident. Mrs. Perry still hasn't recovered from the shock of her husband's gruesome end and stays sequestered in her room, leaving her sons to roam free. As the summer goes on, though, and Holland's pranks become increasingly sinister, Niles finds he can no longer make excuses for his brother's actions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Tryon's best-selling novel about a homegrown monster is an eerie examination of the darkness that dwells within everyone. It is a landmark of psychological horror that is a worthy descendent of the books of James Hogg, Robert Louis Stevenson, Shirley Jackson, and Patricia Highsmith.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Tryon (1926-1991) was born in Hartford, Connecticut into a family whose New England roots stretch back to the seventeenth century. After serving in the navy during World War II, he attended Yale, and upon graduation began an acting career that would take him from a made-for-television Disney western to Hollywood, where he was featured in several B movies as well as Otto Preminger's \u003ci\u003eThe Cardinal\u003c\/i\u003e. Preminger's treatment of Tryon was so cruel as to become a Hollywood legend, and Tryon turned to writing. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Other \u003c\/i\u003e(1971), was an immediate success, spending more than six months on the New York Times best-seller list and allowing him to quit acting for good; a film adaptation, with a screenplay by Tryon and directed by Robert Mulligan, appeared in 1972. Tryon wrote two more novels set in the fictional Pequot Landing of \u003ci\u003eThe Other\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarvest Home\u003c\/i\u003e (1973) and \u003ci\u003eLady\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), before turning to works like \u003ci\u003eAll That Glitters\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), that explore the dark side of the golden age of Hollywood. At the time of his death Tryon was working on a historical trilogy set in early nineteenth-century Connecticut. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDan Chaon's most recent book is \u003ci\u003eStay Awake\u003c\/i\u003e, a short-story collection. He is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eYou Remind Me of Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAwait Your Reply\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as of the story collections \u003ci\u003eFitting Ends\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmong the Missing\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award. His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize Anthologies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at Oberlin College, where he is the Pauline Delaney Professor of Creative Writing and Literature.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247093760249,"sku":"9781590175835","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZE1QazdsTWN6QXJlcTNhWVJZWlN3QT09.webp?v=1768620894","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-other-paperback-4","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}