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Justin cronin reveals the true villain of the passage trilogy. May 12, 2016 easily the best thing to come out of our 21stcentury obsession with vampires, justin cronins 2010 breakout novel the passage took a highconcept premisea biological vampire virus that reduces human civilization to a single as far as we know, wellarmed outpost in californiaand grounded it in literary prose and a vivid sense of place. May 17, 2011 justin cronin is the new york times bestselling author of the passage, the twelve, the city of mirrors, mary and oneil which won the penhemingway award and the stephen crane prize, and the summer guest. Nineteen hundred and sixty two new england saw the birth of justin cronin, an author who would, rather rapidly, rise to success, critical acclaim and award winning heights in american literary society. Yes, the supernatural bad guys in his sprawling, 766page novel, the passage. A combination medical thriller, horror story, and road novel, the passage is a richly compelling tale of life after an apocalyptic event changes the world as we know it. He has won the hemingway foundationpen award, the stephen crane prize, and a whiting award. The epic journey that began in the passage finally comes full circle in. Jennifer egan, author of a visit from the goon squad.
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Cronin has taken his literary gifts, and he has weaponized them. The passage can stand proudly next to stephen kings apocalyptic masterpiece the stand, but a closer match would be cormac mccarthys the road. Every book starts somewhere and this came from a dare of a nineyearold child, he says of his daughter iris, who wanted a story where a young girl. Forget all your vampire expectations, when cronin created his vampire populace he wasnt thinking of anne rices sympathetic characters or stephenie meyers dreamy edward cullen, he had an altogether more scary vampiric vision in mind. The city of mirrors is a thrilling finale to a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in american fantasy fiction. The official uk page of justin cronins bestselling trilogy. There is a photocopy of this obituary undated at cardross and a.
Justin cronin is the author of the passage, mary and oneil which won the penhemingway award and the. Other honors for his writing include a fellowship from the national endowment for the arts and a whiting writers award. Get ebooks the passage on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. A combination medical thriller, horror story, and road novel the first in a planned trilogy. It is not so much a vampire book as it is a story about human beings in a postapocalyptic battle for survival. From cormac mccarthys the road to pat franks alas, babylon, theres something irresistibly fascinating about stories that explore life after civilizations end.
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