One of the finest and bestselling horror novels of the 1970s returns at last to chill a new generation of readersIn the isolated farming community of Harlowe New Hampshire where life has changed little over the past several decades John Moore and his wife Mim work the land that has been in his family for generations But from the moment the charismatic Perly Dunsmore arrives in town and starts soliciting donations for his auctions things begin slowly and insidiously to change in Harlowe As the auctioneer carries out his terrible inscrutable plan the Moores and their neighbors will find themselves gradually but inexorably stripped of their possessions their freedom and perhaps even their lives A chilling masterpiece of terror whose sense of creeping menace and dread increases page by page Joan Samsonamprsquos The Auctioneer 1975 is a rediscovered classic of 20thcentury fiction With echoes of Shirley Jacksonamprsquos ampldquoThe Lotteryamprdquo and Stephen Kingamprsquos Needful Things Samsonamprsquos novel returns to print at last in this longawaited new edition which features an introduction by Grady Hendrix Horrorstampoumlr Paperbacks from HellampldquoBuy this book there is no...