Paperbacks from Hell av Grady Hendrix

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<b>From the <i>New York Times</i> best-selling author of <i>The Southern Book Club''s Guide to Slaying Vampires</i> comes a nostalgic and unflinchingly funny celebration of the horror fiction boom of the 1970s and ’80s.</b><br> <br> Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of two iconic decades . . . if you dare. Page through dozens and dozens of amazing book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, and knife-wielding killer crabs! Read shocking plot summaries that invoke devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate! <br><br>Horror author and vintage paperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that tried so hard to be the next <i>Exorcist </i>or <i>Rosemary’s Baby</i>. Complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles, this unforgettable volume dishes on familiar authors like <b>V. C. Andrews</b> and <b>R. L. Stine</b>, plus many more who’ve faded into o