Written in eerie, powerful prose, THE GRIP OF IT is an enthralling and psychologically intense novel that deals in questions of home: how we make it and how it in turn makes us, inhabiting the bodies and the relationships we cherish. As the couple search for the source of their mutual torment, they become mired in the history of their peculiar neighbours and the mysterious previous residents of the house. Stains contract and expand, mapping themselves onto Julie's body in the form of bruises mould taints the water that James pours from the sink. The architecture becomes unrecognisable, decaying before their eyes. They find the perfect house: spacious, near the woods, and near a lake as well. Ancient, husky, and rasping, but underwater. When James confesses to Julie that he’s developed a serious gambling problem, they decide to move from the city to a small town, in the hopes it’ll give him/them a fresh start. But the house, which sits between lake and forest, has plans for the unsuspecting couple. Jac Jemcs The Grip of It is a chilling literary horror novel about a young couple haunted by their newly purchased home Touring their prospective suburban home, Julie and James are stopped by a noise. The move-prompted by James's penchant for gambling, his inability to keep his impulses in check-is quick and seamless both Julie and James are happy to leave behind their usual haunts and start afresh. A chilling literary horror novel, Jac Jemc's THE GRIP OF IT tells the story Julia and James, a young couple haunted by their new home. Its got depth, thrills, twists, and great writing.

Jac Jemc's The Grip of It is a chilling literary horror novel about a young couple haunted by their newly purchased home. The Grip of It is a stunning, smart, genuinely creepy page-turner that I couldnt put down. 1 Brooklyn's Best Books of 2017, a BOMB Magazine 'Looking Back on 2017: Literature' Pick, and one of Vulture's 10 Best Thriller Books of 2017. Finalist for the Chicago Review of Books Fiction Award, Dan Chaon's Best of 2017 pick in Publishers Weekly, one of Vol.

The grip of it by jac jemc