![]() ![]() Since Straub died I’ve seen this sentiment expressed often: “ Ghost Story wasn’t for me, but I love. Ghost Story (1979) was massive, in the sense that it was a hugely successful blockbuster (and a hit with the critics on top of that), and also it was rather long. But then came the book, the one that would change Straub’s life. ![]() Next came If You Could See Me Now (1977), which was, as I recall, a story of supernatural paranoia. First came Julia (1975), which was adapted cinematically as The Haunting of Julia in 1977. Straub went from not setting the world on fire as a writer to setting the world on fire as a writer. Presumably there was some reason his agent thought this was a good idea, because one doesn’t just float out a suggestion like that for no reason, and I’m left imagining a combination of Straub expressing affinity for the genre, and the fact this was during the Horror Boom of 1970s and ’80s, which gave good and bad writers alike a place at the table. ![]() When those failed to make a dent in the market, Straub’s agent suggested he try writing a Gothic novel. Peter Straub, who passed away this past September at age 79, began his literary career writing poetry and mainstream novels. ![]()
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