“PaulTremblaydeliversanothermind-bendinghorrornovel...ThePallbearersClubisawelcomecasketofchillstoshoulder.“-WashingtonPostAcleverlyvoicedpsychologicalthrillerfromthenationallybestsellingauthorofTheCabinattheEndoftheWorldandSurvivorSong.Whatifthecoolestgirlyou’veevermetdecidedtobeyourfriend?ArtBarbarawassonotcool.Hewasaseventeen-year-oldhighschoollonerinthelate1980swholistenedtohairmetal,hadtowearamonstrousback-braceatnightforhisscoliosis,andstartedanextracurricularclubforvolunteerpallbearersatpoorlyattendedfunerals.ButhisnewfriendthoughtthePallbearersClubwascool.AndshebroughtalongherPolaroidcameratotakepicturesofthecorpses.Okay,thatpartwasalittleweird.SowasherobsessiveknowledgeofanotoriousbitofNewEnglandfolklorethatinvolveddiggingupthedead.Andtherewereotherstrangethings-terrifyingthings-thathappenedwhenshewasaround,usuallyatnight.Butshewashisfriend,soitwasokay,right?Decadeslater,ArttriestomakesenseofitallbywritingThePallbearersClub:AMemoir.Butsomehowthisfriendgotherhandsonthemanuscriptand,well,shehassomeissueswithit.Andnowshe’smakingcuts.Seamlesslyblurringthelinesbetweenfictionandmemory,thesupernaturalandthemundane,ThePallbearersClubisanimmersive,suspensefulportraitofanunusualanddisconcertingrelationship.
