the saturday night ghost club by craig davidson

With the alternating warmth and sadness of the best coming-of-age stories, The Saturday Night Ghost Club is a note-perfect novel that poignantly examines the haunting mutability of memory and storytelling, as well as the experiences that form the people we become, and establishes Craig Davidson as a remarkable literary talent. The summer Jake turns twelve, he befriends a pair of siblings new to town, and so Calvin decides to initiate them all into the “Saturday Night Ghost Club.” But as the summer goes on, what begins as a seemingly light-hearted project may ultimately uncover more than any of its members had imagined.

Growing up in 1980s Niagara Falls – a seedy but magical, slightly haunted place – Jake Baker spends most of his time with his uncle Calvin, a kind but eccentric enthusiast of occult artifacts and conspiracy theories. Immensely enjoyable, piercingly clever, and satisfyingly soulful.” -Jason Heller, NPR Calvin, his nephew Jake, his friends Billy, and Dove, and all their extended friends and family make for a mix of. By turns heartwarming and devastating, written with the skill and cinematic immediacy that has made Craig Davidson a star, The Saturday Night Ghost Club is a bravura performance from one of. “A celebration of the secret lives of children, both their wonders and their horrors. The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson was nothing I expected, and more than I dreamed. Highly recommended!Īn irresistible and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of Stranger Things and Stand by Me about a group of misfit kids who spend an unforgettable summer investigating local ghost stories and urban legends

The saturday night ghost club by craig davidson