“Heart-Shaped Box,” which takes its title from a Nirvana song, is a Valentine from hell. (His full name is Joseph Hillstrom King.) Hill’s work to Stephen King’s if Stephen King were not his actual father. In a book much too smart to sound like the work of a neophyte, he builds character invitingly and plants an otherworldly surprise around every corner. Hill uses them to shockingly good effect, creating a wild, mesmerizing, perversely witty tale of horror. These are the bare bones of “Heart-Shaped Box” - literally, since the ghost is a skeletal old man. The ghost would rather go marauding through the rock star’s life than be part of his creepy little museum. The suit agrees, but for all the wrong reasons. He thinks it will be perfect for his ghoulish-artifact collection. The plot of Joe Hill’s first novel can be summarized simply: An aging heavy-metal star buys a haunted suit over the Internet.
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