The Paradise Motel

Authors: McCormack, Eric
Publisher: Penguin Canada
BISAC/Subject: FIC019000, FIC027040, FIC015000
ISBN: 9780143198437, Related ISBNs: 0140114513, 0143198416, 0143198432, 0670824259, 9780140114515
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 224,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: From the acclaimed author of Cloud and The Dutch Wife, an early novel of Gothic terror that creeps into the blood and captivates with hypnotic fascination.


On his deathbed, Ezra Stevenson's grandfather bequeaths him a macabre tale of domestic violence. Driven to investigate his grandfather's account of the four Mackenzie children and their monstrous family history, Ezra embarks on a horrific voyage of discovery, deception and revelation.
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