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Spawn (Hardcover)

by Shaun Hutson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 287 pages
  • Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks (1 Nov 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747407819
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747407812
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,548,578 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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An ex-mental hospital patient who becomes a hospital porter and an escaped convict join together to cause violence and bloody havoc. The author also wrote "Assassin", "Death Day" and "Slugs".

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Usual gorey splatter horror we've come to love from Shaun!, 8 Jun 2004
By Chris Hall "Dreadlocksmile" (Cardiff, Wales) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spawn (Paperback)
Spawn is just one of those classic Hutson novels that has shaped him into the respected splatter author he is today. The novel doesn't weave a particularly complex plot, or delve into strong charcterisation, but what it does do is produce some light, horror entertainment. The book is basically about two disturbed men and the unnatural consequences of their deeds.

Harold Pierce is released from a mental hospital where he has spent all of his adult life. His new job as a hospital porter involves him in the burning of aborted foetuses - an act which brings back nightmare memories of the death by fire of his baby brother Gordon. The trauma is such that the deranged but gentle Harold begins to neglect his duties.

Paul Harvey is a convicted murderer and his escape from prison places the Exham police force under a great deal of pressure. Their vigorous manhunt yields no results but when they begin to investigate a brutal series of murders no one has any doubt that it is Harvey who is decapitating the hapless victims.

Nothing notably outstanding sticks out from the book, but I must say that I did enjoy it. It's one of those novels that you really don't want to put down as your dragged from page to page, until you're at the gorey climax. The important thing with this novel, as with most if not all Hutson novels, is not to expect a masterpiece. Mr. Hutson writes gorey, enjoyable, easy to read, splatter horror with no complex or detailed plots. And he's a master at what he does!

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic as Usual, 3 Oct 2001
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This review is from: Spawn (Paperback)
This was the second book that I read by Shaun Hutson and I wasn't disappointed. Shaun Hutson constantly impresses me with his ability to scare you beyond belief. Give this book a go you will not be disappointed.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Hutson!, 10 Jun 2006
By Alan Burridge (Poole,, Dorset. United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spawn (Paperback)
Back cover synopsis: Released from a mental hospital where he has spent his adult life, Harold Pearce is given a job as a hospital porter. But that job involves the disposal of aborted foetuses, something which brings back nightmare memories of Harold's accidental killing of his baby brother years before. A time of trauma and terror has begun, terror heightened by the escape from prison of convicted killer, Paul Harvey, who, hunted by the police, embarkes on a murderous rampage. Pierce and Harvey, both disturbed, are about to unleash a terror beyond belief...

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1.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointing
I've read this book twice and suffered each time I'm a fan of Shaun Hutson's books but this book disappointed me ,the stuff about aborted fetuses coming to life etc was just... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Ms. K. Tinson

5.0 out of 5 stars Psychic vampire aborted foetuses!
Spawn is the fourth book by Shaun Hutson that I have read (Complusion; Relics; Breeding Ground) and as always utterly addictive and very bloody. Read more
Published 10 months ago by marky77

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Story! Great Author!
Reading Spawn, I believe Hutson's second or third book you can tell that he was still laying the foundations to what would become his - keep you turning the pages - writing style... Read more
Published 18 months ago by P. ISAACS

4.0 out of 5 stars Sick, twisted and totally brilliant
This is one warped book! The plot of this story is bizarre, depraved and thoroughly riveting. A real page turner, but full of gorey scenes and twisted ideas. Read more
Published 18 months ago by M. Evans

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