Front Cover
Core Fiction Hardcover
Novella Collection
2020
If It Bleeds
Scribner
Synopsis
Mr. Harrigan's Phone: A teenager who reads to an elderly businessman forms a bond that seems to continue through a buried smartphone after the man's death.
The Life of Chuck: Three connected episodes move backward through the life of an ordinary man while the world around him appears to unravel.
If It Bleeds: Holly Gibney investigates a television reporter whose presence at a school bombing raises disturbing questions about his identity.
Rat: A frustrated writer retreats to an isolated cabin to finish a novel and makes a troubling bargain during a severe storm.
The Life of Chuck: Three connected episodes move backward through the life of an ordinary man while the world around him appears to unravel.
If It Bleeds: Holly Gibney investigates a television reporter whose presence at a school bombing raises disturbing questions about his identity.
Rat: A frustrated writer retreats to an isolated cabin to finish a novel and makes a troubling bargain during a severe storm.
Verification Summary
Verified Edition
Photographed copyright page states First Scribner hardcover edition May 2020 and shows the complete first-printing number line. ISBN 978-1-9821-3797-7 is printed in the book. The jacket retains the original US$30.00 and C$39.99 prices. The title novella continues Holly Gibney's story. The Life of Chuck later received a screen adaptation.