✍ Scribed by Peter Straub
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«MisterXmarca el triunfal regreso de Straub al relato de lo paranormal y losobrenatural... En esta novela hay escenas de puro horror que teobligan a cerrar los ojos. Cuando Peter Straub pone en marcha todossus motores nadie lo supera. La trama es un desafío, la complejidadde los personajes resulta intrigante y el lenguaje constituye undeleite». —Stephen KingCuandose acerca su cumpleaños, y como cada año, NedDunstan sufre un shockdurante el cual presencia escenas de despiadadas matanzas perpetradaspor un misterioso y malévolo ser vestido de negro al que Ned llamaMisterX.Dunstanregresa a su ciudad natal, Edgerton, impulsado por la premonición deque su madre, Star, se está muriendo. Antes de perder la vida, ellale revela el nombre de su padre y le advierte que corre un gravepeligro. Pese a ello, Ned decide averiguar todo lo que pueda acercade su padre ausente. Así, se desencadenarán una serie deextraordinarias aventuras que revelarán al protagonista laexistencia de un hermano mellizo idéntico a él, y que tiene lacapacidad de desafiar las leyes de la naturaleza. Esto desenmascaraaspectos sobre su propia identidad, la de su familia y la del temibleMister X. Conesta novela, rebosante del ingenio característico del autor, depersonajes vibrantes y de un brillante sentido del ritmo, PeterStraub demuestra que está en su mejor momento.
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