The Paupers' Graveyard

The Paupers' Graveyard
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August 18, 2011
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B005IFFGCY
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Deep in the corner of this graveyard lies Jack Carey, christened 'Black Jack' by those who knew him in life. Death has not stopped his tormenting. His evil moves through the soil like a tentacle, tainting everything it touches, spreading misery and unrest. It moves over the bones of the dead - a dark shadow, that prods them awake. When the teeth of the big earthmovers disturb the bones of those that lie in fretful sleep they start a chain of disaster that results in the resurrection of a terrible evil that was buried among the famine victims. The planned dream homes became the stuff of nightmares for their occupants, as Black Jack Carey is once again released, to torment both the living and the dead. It would have been wiser to let him sleep.

Deep in the corner of this graveyard lies Jack Carey, christened 'Black Jack' by those who knew him in life. Death has not stopped his tormenting. His evil moves through the soil like a tentacle, tainting everything it touches, spreading misery and unrest. It moves over the bones of the dead - a dark shadow, that prods them awake. When the teeth of the big earthmovers disturb the bones of those that lie in fretful sleep they start a chain of disaster that results in the resurrection of a terrible evil that was buried among the famine victims. The planned dream homes became the stuff of nightmares for their occupants, as Black Jack Carey is once again released, to torment both the living and the dead. It would have been wiser to let him sleep.

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A true, literary masterpiece. It would rival any of the most adored & best loved books in the realm of the written word. Gemma Mawdsley has done fantastically what all writer's set out to do, capture the reader from the get go. An absolute page turner.
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A true, literary masterpiece. It would rival any of the most adored & best loved books in the realm of the written word. Gemma Mawdsley has done fantastically what all writer's set out to do, capture the reader from the get go. An absolute page turner.
The Paupers' Graveyard is as true to the horrifically macabre as it is to historical fact. Well researched, brilliantly thought out & fantastically brought to life through the narrative skill of the author.
I absolutely love the way that the author has inter-woven the living world with that of the spectral. Gemma Mawdsley takes you on a journey not just through the here & now but also back in time to that of the great famine, on this journey we are introduced to some loveable characters & some not so, in particular the detestable & repulsive 'Black Jack' Carey.
This book has it all from the Love & Laughter to the total opposite of Death, Horror & even the downright Macabre.
Why couldn't The Paupers' Graveyard have been on the curriculum when I was in school?
I would highly recommend this book to all & I cannot wait to see what next comes from the eerie world of Gemma Mawdsley!
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