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Book World: 50 years later, The Monster at the End of This Book is still selling - and inspiring authors
Danny Freedman, The Washington Post
Jan. 27, 2021
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As a 4-year-old, Brad Parks was so ravenous for The Monster at the End of This Book that his older brother - facing endless requests to read the story - finally recorded a version on an audio cassette.
For Parks, now an accomplished author, the book was a formative introduction to suspense. The fact is, he says, I am 46 years old, I write thrillers for adults, and in some ways all I ve ever tried to do is replicate The Monster at the End of This Book. There is a monster at the end of all of my novels, and I want you to feel this unbearable compulsion to turn pages and find out what it is.
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