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Robert marasco september 22, 1936 december 6, 1998 was an american horror novelist, playwright, and teacher. Published by delacorte press, the novel had originally been conceived as a screenplay before marasco rewrote it into a novel. The roth family in mid seventies ny want to get out of the city for the summer. The basis for a classic 1976 film adaptation and an acknowledged influence on stephen kings the shining, burnt offerings is one of the most original and scariest haunted house novels ever written. If youre looking for a haunted house tale with an ending that doesnt disappoint, this is the book for you. Click download or read online button to get burnt offerings book now. Burnt offerings is a 1976 american supernatural horror film cowritten and directed by dan curtis and starring karen black, oliver reed and bette davis, and lee h. Robert marasco was born in the bronx in 1936 and educated at regis high school in manhattan and fordham university. A classical scholar, marasco taught at regis before turning to writing, with childs play, an eerie melodrama about incidents of evil at a catholic boys school. See all books authored by robert marasco, including burnt offerings, and parlor games, and more on thriftbooks. Burnt offerings valancourt 20th century classics by robert. Ben and marian rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their cramped queens apartment, so when they get the c.
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Burnt offerings was a bestseller and spawned a 1976 film adaptation directed by dan curtis and starring oliver reed, karen black, and bette davis. List of books by author robert marasco thriftbooks. One of the scariest and most inventive haunted house novels ever written, burnt offerings chronicles the story of ben and his family, renting a house out in the new york countryside. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint. In the book, while davids drowning, his father tries to save him but can barely move. Burnt offerings 1976 film directed and produced by dan curtis. Burnt offerings is one of the most original and scariest haunted house novels ever written.
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