Overview:
Set in 1983, Let Me In is the horrific tale of Oskar and Eli. It begins with the grizzly discovery of the body of a teenage boy, emptied of blood. Twelve-year-old Oskar is personally hoping that revenge has come at long last—revenge for all the bad things the bullies at school do to him, day after day. While Oskar is fascinated by the murder, it is not the most important thing in his life. A new girl has moved in next door—a girl who has never seen a Rubik’s cube before, but who can solve it at once. They become friends. Then something more. But there is something wrong with her, something odd. And she only comes out at night. . . .
“One of the creepiest and most imaginative stories of the decade . . . echoes Stephen King at the height of his storytelling powers.”
Sunday Herald-Sun (Australia)
“Absolutely chilling. This page-turner grabs you from the onset and just won’t let go. Vampires at their Anne Ricean best!”
L. A. Banks, author of the Vampire Huntress series
“Sweden’s Stephen King . . . A classic horror-romantic story. I love it. Could not stop reading. More please.”
Amelia (Sweden)
“A brilliant take on the vampire myth, and a roaring good story.”
Kelley Armstrong, bestselling author of Haunted
“Readers are familiar with modern Sweden through its distinctive crime fiction. Now John Ajvide Lindqvist is taking a Gothic look at the country’s dark side. Henning Mankell’s gloomy police procedurals were the first to become international bestsellers in the middle 1990s and spearheaded an explosion. But the latest publishing phenomenon to come out of Sweden seems to be plumping for a different genre. John Ajvide Lindqvist has become an overnight cult figure.”
The Age (Australia)
“[Let Me In], a Swedish book taking the publishing world by storm, is a different, surprising, and sometimes delightful reading experience. ‘Delightful’ would not normally be the first word that springs to mind when describing a blood-soaked plot. . . . It is Lindqvist’s great skill that a strong thread of innocence continues alongside this horror.”
The Sunday Telegraph (Australia)
“It is easy to compare Lindqvist to Clive Barker or Neil Gaiman. When you reach the last page you are left only with that wonderful, tingling sensation that only comes with a brand new love affair or a really great book.”
Dagens Næringsliv (Norway)
“Impressive . . . can certainly compare with some of the best international authors . . . as learned as Anne Rice as far as the most updated vampire mythology is concerned.”
Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)
“A vampire novel unlike any other . . . this dark and macabre story grips you from the start. The author deserves acclaim for his razor-sharp writing and his artful telling of a story of the supernatural that has you in little doubt of its plausibility.”
The Mercury (South Africa)
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