Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Joe Quinn's Poltergeist

Joe Quinn's Poltergeist by David Almond   80 pages

That Joe Quinn will tell anyone about the poltergeist in his house, but no one believes him. No one, except for Davie, who has felt the strange presence in the Quinns' house.  Random objects are flying through the air and maybe there's a ghost, too.

This is a dreamy, haunting story with art by Dave McKean, one of my favorite artists and a frequent collaborator with Neil Gaiman. McKean's mixed-media art can be dreamy and/or disturbing, so it's a perfect match for this story that focuses on God, and grief, and possible hauntings.  Told from the point of a view of a young person, it's difficult to know what is truth and what is observation mixed with misunderstanding.

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