Young Samuel Johnson and his dachshund,
Boswell, are trying to show some initiative by trick-or-treating a full
three days before Halloween, which is how they come to witness strange
goings-on at 666 Crowley Road. The Abernathys don't mean any harm by
their flirtation with the underworld, but when they unknowingly call
forth Satan himself, they create a gap in the universe, a gap through
which a pair of enormous gates is visible. The gates to Hell. And
there are some pretty terrifying beings just itching to get out...
In
this wonderfully strange and brilliant novel, John Connolly manages to
re-create the magical and scary world of childhood that we've all left
behind but so love to visit. And for those of you who thought you knew
everything you could about particle physics and the universe, think
again. This novel makes anything seem possible.
