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| Author | Gary Crew |
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| Genre | Horror |
| Publisher | Lothian Books |
| Publication date | 2001 |
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| Pages | 160 pages |
| ISBN | 0734402325 First edition paperback |
Gothic Hospital is a book by Australian author Gary Crew.
Synopsis
The book focuses on a teenager named Johnny Doolan who discovers many old gothic books in his attic after his younger sister dies of tuberculosis, which results in his parents breaking up. The books' chapters are replaced by "sessions" as the book is partly set at a psychiatrist's office.
In the book, Johnny claims to his psychiatrist that when he reads the books in his attic, the book "fills itself in" with colour, and Johnny becomes part of the story. One book Johnny particularly becomes engrossed in, is a book about an old Gothic hospital, and Johnny eventually believes that his father is trapped in the book.
Release
Gothic Hospital was first published in Australia in 2001 through Lothian Books.
Further reading
- Smith, Anna (2008). "The Scary Tale Looks for a Family: Gary Crew's 'Gothic Hospital' and Sonya Hartnett's 'The Devil Latch'". The gothic in children's literature : haunting the borders. Jackson, Anna, 1967-, Coats, Karen, 1963-, McGillis, Roderick. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96036-6. OCLC 77476485.
References
- Crew, Gary, 1947- (2001). Gothic hospital. Port Melbourne, Victoria: Lothian. ISBN 0-7344-0232-5. OCLC 51341315.
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External links
- http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/gary-crew/gothic-hospital.htm
- http://www.tabula-rasa.info/AusHorror/GothicHospital.html
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