![]() ![]() Goodnight, Moom is a well-paced horror novel with a ghastly plot and ghastly details, but what's more important is that Jack MacLane can make Harry an interesting character, even though Harry can't speak and doesn't know any words for his strange emotions. It develops into a nasty mess, with Ed wanting to keep his son's misdeeds hidden. Ed goesĪfter him, just like Victor Frankenstein does in Shelley's novel. Harry breaks free and goes on a killing spree, repeating "moom" everytime full moon is up. His mother, Harriette, takes care of the boy, but is afraid of him. Ed decides to lock Harry up in the cellar. Then he kills another child, a girl who's taken to liking him, since he's so quiet all the time. Something happens to the baby and he grows up weird, not saying anything to anyone. The monster of the book is his son, Harry, whom Ed throws against the wall when the kid is very small. Victor Frankenstein of the book is Ed Leach, a car mechanic who abuses his wife and does nothing else but work at his garage and drink beer with his loser buddies. It's a sort of Frankenstein tale, set amongst the white trash of Texas. Goodnight, Moom, published originally in 1989, is a cult item, cherished by few aficionados. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was lucky to find this almost ancient paperback from a junkyard sale at a comics book store here in Turku. ![]()
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