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Number 23, The
Spiraling into a
dark obsession with the number 23,
Walter Sparrow twists his once
idyllic life into an inferno of
psychological torture that could
possibly lead to his death as well
as the deaths of his loved ones.
Spurred on by a mysterious novel,
The Number 23, that he doesn’t dare
put down, Walter is forced to unlock
the secrets of his past before he
can continue his future with his
wife, Agatha, and teenage son,
Robin. The novel, given to Walter by
Agatha as a birthday gift, depicts a
chilling murder mystery that seems
to mirror Walter’s life in dark and
uncontrollable ways. The life of the
book’s main character, a brooding
detective named Fingerling, is
filled with moments that echo
Walter’s own history. As the world
of the book starts to come alive,
Walter becomes infected by the most
frightening and evocative part of
it: Fingerling’s obsession with the
hidden power of the number 23. This
obsession permeates the book and
begins to control Walter. He sees
the number everywhere in his own
life and becomes convinced that he
is damned to commit the same
horrific crime as
Fingerling--murder. Nightmarish
fantasies come to haunt Walter, ones
that portend terrible fates for his
wife as well as family friend Isaac
French, placing him on a desperate
quest to understand the mysteries of
the book. If he can unlock the power
behind the number 23, he may be able
to change his future.
Released July 24,
2007 |
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