Our Lady Of Pain
John Blackburn
4.00 · 1 ratings · Published: 17 Sep 2014
The most unrelentingly dark of the many horror thrillers by the prolific John Blackburn (1923-1993), Our Lady of Pain (1974) is also one of his very best. This first-ever republication of the novel includes a new introduction by Greg Gbur.
‘Even on the warmest night of the year, Mr Blackburn knows how to chill our marrow.’ – Scotsman
‘Blackburn quickly establishes the tone of urbane nastiness which pervades his new horror story . . . murders and much necrogenic excitement precede an extremely bloody climax.’ – Times Literary Supplement
‘A tour de force . . . the grimmest [of] Blackburn’s books.’ – Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural
‘[A] stylish, genuinely chilling author . . . He can be depended upon to sustain swift, sure, exciting, and absorbing stories . . . undoubtedly one of England’s best practicing novelists in the tradition of the thriller novel.’ – St James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers
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