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I just finished reading House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (with a little help from characters Johnny Truant and blind Zampano).I've enjoyed a great many works of horror, from King and Koontz to Lovecraft and Poe. And while creeping, gnawing terror of the unkown and inexplicable darkness occasionally rears it's black and unfathomable head in the works of those titans, I don't think I have ever been so affected and set on edge by a work of fiction.House of Leaves is not a novel. It is a labrynth of lies, truths and analysis wrapped in the guise of a study on a very particular documentary film. A film called the Navidson Record that may not in fact actually exist.The book takes some work to read as it has footnotes, footnotes in footnotes, non-linear text and intentional inconsistencies. While there are a few spots that are a bit rough, the work on a whole is brilliant and there are some points in the book (such as one toward the beginning where one of the characters discovers his house is about an inch larger on the inside than it is on the outside) that are just brilliant and sweep you up and carry you past any of the lulls.Another interesting note is that Mark Danielewski is the musician Poe's (90s alternative rock chick) brother and Poe's second Album "Haunted" is meant to compliment this book.Anyone else read this?
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