{"product_id":"the-grip-of-it-a-novel","title":"The Grip of It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the\u003ci\u003e Chicago Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eFiction Award, Dan Chaon's Best of 2017 pick in \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, one of \u003ci\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2017, a \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine \"Looking Back on 2017: Literature\" Pick, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eone of Vulture's 10 Best Thriller Books of 2017.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJac Jemc's \u003ci\u003eThe Grip of It\u003c\/i\u003e is a chilling literary horror novel about a young couple haunted by their newly purchased home\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTouring their prospective suburban home, Julie and James are stopped by a noise. Deep and vibrating, like throat singing. Ancient, husky, and rasping, but underwater. \"That's just the house settling,\" the real estate agent assures them with a smile. He is wrong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe move--prompted by James's penchant for gambling and his general inability to keep his impulses in check--is quick and seamless; both Julie and James are happy to start afresh. But this house, which sits between a lake and a forest, has its own plans for the unsuspecting couple. As Julie and James try to establish a sense of normalcy, the home and its surrounding terrain become the locus of increasingly strange happenings. The framework-- claustrophobic, riddled with hidden rooms within rooms--becomes unrecognizable, decaying before their eyes. Stains are animated on the wall--contracting, expanding--and map themselves onto Julie's body in the form of painful, grisly bruises. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike the house that torments the troubled married couple living within its walls, \u003ci\u003eThe Grip of It \u003c\/i\u003eoozes with palpable terror and skin-prickling dread. Its architect, Jac Jemc, meticulously traces Julie and James's unsettling journey through the depths of their new home as they fight to free themselves from its crushing grip.","brand":"Fsg Originals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44459359633545,"sku":"9780374536916","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0376\/3057\/4729\/files\/9780374536916_c34b2.jpg?v=1757071269","url":"https:\/\/thebookmarkpr.com\/products\/the-grip-of-it-a-novel","provider":"The Bookmark Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}