The Open Curtain
Winner of a 2007 Lilly Award, Brian Evenson’s haunting tale will be adapted for the screen by Lux Capta Films in 2012.
Synopsis:
When Rudd, a troubled teenager, embarks on a school project, he runs across a series of articles from the 1902 New York Times chronicling a vicious murder committed by the grandson of Brigham Young. Delving deeply into the Mormon ritual of blood sacrifice used in the murders, Rudd, along with his newly discovered half-brother, Lael, becomes swept up in the psychological and atavistic effects of this violent, antique ritual.
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Praise for the Novel:
“...one of the year’s creepiest and most resonant thrillers.”
—Time Out New York
“[A] shocking novel of murder and madness... produces scintillating sparks... Evenson compellingly spells out what it means to be a truly lost soul.”
—The Washington Post
“Evenson (Altmann’s Tongue) explores some controversial Mormon history in this thoughtful thriller rooted in an actual century-old murder case.... A contemporary gothic tale about the apocalyptic connection between religion and violence.”
—Publishers Weekly