Series: Book 1 in the Novels series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: EN-Fiction, Lang:en
Summary
Diary "CAN YOU FEEL THIS?" Diary takes
the form of a "coma diary" kept by one Misty Tracy Wilmot as
her husband lies senseless in a hospital after a suicide
attempt. Once she was an art student dreaming of creativity and
freedom; now, after marrying Peter at school and being brought
back to once quaint, now tourist-overrun Waytansea Island,
she's been reduced to the condition of a resort hotel maid.
Peter, it turns out, has been hiding rooms in houses he's
remodeled and scrawling vile messages all over the walls-an old
habit of builders but dramatically overdone in Peter's case.
Angry homeowners are suing left and right, and Misty's dreams
of artistic greatness are in ashes. But then, as if possessed
by the spirit of Maura Kinkaid, a fabled Waytansea artist of
the nineteenth century, Misty begins painting again,
compulsively. But can her newly discovered talent be part of a
larger, darker plan? Of course it can … Praise "Just for
the record, Diary is as hypnotic as a poised cobra. Chuck
Palahniuk demonstrates that the most chilling special effects
come not from Industrial Light and Magic but from the words of
a gifted writer." – Ira Levin, author of Rosemary's
Baby