The Horned Man

The Horned Man opens with a man losing his place in a book, then deepens into a dark and terrifying story of a man losing his place in the world.Lawrence Miller, an English expatriate in New York, is being persecuted - though he doesn't know why, and can't decide by whom. Is it the bluff alpha-male, Bruno Jackson, his colleague at work, under investigation for sexual harassment? Is it the dowdy Elaine Jordan, who has developed an inexplicable passion for Lawrence - who in turn feels innocent and yet oddly complicit? Or is it the shadowy Bulgarian, Bogomil Trumilcik, who adapts Kafka for the stage, is prone to acts of explosive violence, and may or may not be sleeping under Lawrence's office desk?As the novel spirals to its shocking conclusion, we find ourselves trapped in the head of Lawrence Miller as he traverses, in terror, the streets of Manhattan, tracking the lines of human connection across the city and out to the decaying suburbs beyond, in wild pursuit of his pursuers. Written with sinuous grace and intellectual acuity, wound tight with tension and pent-up anxiety, The Horned Man is an extraordinary, unforgettable excursion into panic and urban paranoia.


Genre: Mystery