![]() ![]() And while the horror-comedy is a respectable genre-one of my personal favs, in fact-the end result is generally more humorous than horrifying. Satire is not exactly known for subtly, and it is all too easy to trip and fall on your face. Satire is a tricky business, especially in the field of horror. ![]() It is both a compellingly creepy tale about evil invading and taking over a small town and a wickedly sharp satire of how corporations are (in this case, a very thinly veiled Wal-Mart) corrupting and destroying America. The Store succeeds where many other horror novels fail: at operating on two equally engaging levels at once. And The Store is an underrated masterpiece of the genre. That says more about me though than it does about Little, because after finally coming around to reading The Store, there is no doubt in my mind that Little is a damn fine writer. I read his novel The Walking when it came out, and half of The Town years ago, but neither novel caught my attention so much that I stuck with him. I don’t know why I’ve avoided Bentley Little for so long. ![]()
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