The Academy - Bentley Little
Hurrah - the author has returned to his pattern of creating “odd” stories out of common situations. This time, the administration of a California high school suddenly decides to become a charter school, removing it from the supervision of the larger district. This is, of course, the beginning of the “odd” things that Little tends to write into his stories - violence and sex that is disturbing in the way it is so pronounced and so natural for the characters. Here, the principal starts a band of student guards resembling the Hitler Youth, and many of the teachers and students fall into a pattern of depravity even as their own numbers are reduced. The author is a throwback to the horror novels of the early 80s when even cover was black with a streak of crimson, and every plot was a bit superficial but entertaining nonetheless.
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Posted on August 16th, 2008 by toddg
Filed under: Books, Horror
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