''Universal Harvester'' is a novel by the American novelist and singer-songwriter
John Darnielle
John Darnielle (; born March 16, 1967) is an American musician and novelist best known as the primary, and originally sole, member of the American band the Mountain Goats, for which he is the writer, composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist.
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. It is the second novel written by Darnielle, after ''
Wolf in White Van
''Wolf in White Van'' is the first novel by the American author and singer-songwriter John Darnielle. ''Wolf in White Van'' tells the story of Sean Phillips, a reclusive game designer whose face has been severely disfigured. One reviewer charact ...
''.
It tells the story of a
video store
A video rental shop/store is a Brick and mortar, physical retail business that rents home videos such as movies, prerecorded TV shows, video game discs and other media content. Typically, a rental shop conducts business with customers under cond ...
clerk in Iowa who finds strange and disturbing clips recorded over the store's
VHS tapes.
The New York Times Book Review described the novel as "effortlessly sketching modest lives in the green, empty expanses of the heartland" and noted "ultimately the novel doesn't belong in the horror aisle".
''Universal Harvester'' was released on February 7, 2017.
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References
External links
''Universal Harvester'' on the Macmillan website
2017 American novels
Farrar, Straus and Giroux books
American horror novels
Books with cover art by Rodrigo Corral
Novels set in Iowa
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