“[A] COMPELLING PSYCHOLOGICAL TALE . . . A QUICK AND INTRIGUING BOOK WITH A TRULY SATISFYING ENDING.” –Publishers Weekly On a spring day in England, six teenagers venture to a neglected part of their school where there is a door to a small windowless cellar. Behind the door, the old stairs have rotted away. A boy unfurls a rope ladder and five descend into The Hole. The sixth closes the door, locks it from the outside, and walks calmly away. The plan is simple: They will spend three days locked in The Hole and emerge to become part of the greatest prank the school has ever seen. But something goes terribly wrong. No one is coming back to let them out . . . ever. Taut and eerie, suspenseful and disturbing, The Hole is a compelling novel of physical endurance, psychological survival, and unforgettable revelations made all the more stunning by its shocking end. “A frighteningly good plot . . . Expertly borrows the horror and tension that made William Golding’s Lord of the Flies such a success.” –Metronews “COMPULSIVELY SINISTER.” –The Times (London) BB/Ballantine Books/ 44655 /$ in USA • $ in Canada Visit our Web site at www.ballantinebooks.com
About the Author
Guy Burt (he/him) is a novelist and BAFTA award-winning screenwriter.Burt wrote his first novel,After the Hole, when he was 18. He went on to write two further novels,SophieandThe Dandelion Clock, and taught English for five years. WhenAfter the Holewas filmed (asThe Hole, starring Thora Birch), Burt began writing for screen, and has become one of the top screenwriters working in Britain today. You can see his screenwriting creditshere.He now works on both novels and screenplays, and divides his time between England and Spain. He is married to philosopher Chon Tejedor and has two children.
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