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The devil in silverVictor D. LaValle

The devil in silver

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Pepper is a rambunctious big man, and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York. He's not mentally ill, but that doesn't seem to matter. On his first night, he's visited by a terrifying creature who nearly kills him before being hustled away by the hospital staff. It's no delusion: The other patients confirm that a hungry devil roams the hallways when the sun goes down. Pepper rallies three other inmates in a plot to fight back: Dorry, an octogenarian schizophrenic; Coffee, an African immigrant with severe OCD; and Loochie, a bipolar teenage…

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3 editions
  • Other · English · 2013
    The Devil in Silver: A Novel
    Spiegel & Grau · 432 pages · 9780812982251
  • Other · English · 2012
    Spiegel & Grau · 9781400069866
  • Other · English · 2012
    The Devil In Silver A Novel
    Dreamscape Media · 9781611208566
Mentally illPsychiatric hospital patientsPsychiatric hospitalsFictionNew York Times reviewedFiction, psychological