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Dallas william mayr november 10, 1946 january 24, 2018, better known by his pen name jack ketchum, was an american horror fiction author. Set in the 1950s, the book mixes true life experiences from author jack. Stephen king compares ketchum to jim thomsons killer inside me. The girl next door by jack ketchum, neal mcpheeters. Jack ketchum s the girl next door william atherton blythe auffarth blanche baker 2007 a teen blythe auffarth suffers horrible abuse at the hands of her caretaker blanche baker, who also encourages the neighborhood boys to torment th. Young david and his friends are at an age where sexual fantasies and ideas are beginning to foster. May 03, 2017 if jack ketchums goal was to make readers repulsed to the point where they feel sick to their stomachs he has achieved it. This is a bleak, bleak, bleak story of child abuse of the worst kind, and just when you think the depictions of imprisonment, assault, and torture cannot get any worse, ketchum peels back yet one more layer of the. With william atherton, blythe auffarth, blanche baker, kevin chamberlin. Jan 25, 2018 ketchums books included 1980s off season, 1989s the girl next door, and 1995s red, the latter two of which were both adapted for the big screen. Based on a true story, this shocking novel reveals the depravity of which we are all.
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