The troop cutter7/7/2023 The odd thing, according to those at the diner, is that he looked to be starving: "never in my life have I seen a man so wasted away." Next, a Scout Troop, led by earnest scoutmaster Tim Riggs, goes on its yearly trek to an unpopulated island off the shores of Prince Edward Island. The novel opens with an online article from the Weird News Network about an unidentified male who has consumed five Hungry Man Breakfast platters in a local diner (each consisting of four eggs, three buttermilk pancakes, five rashers of bacon, sausage links and toast). What lifts this novel above the rest is Cutter's ability to put a fresh twist on horror conventions, while also writing a story that delivers the bodies. A scary premise can easily begin to feel like a B-movie gag, given that the line between comedy and horror is so thin. How does a celebrated writer handle horror?Ĭonventions in the horror genre tend to be obvious, but it is hard to do them well. And perhaps not wanting to confuse is the reason that the author, a well-known Canadian literary writer, took on the pseudonym Nick Cutter (you only need to look as far as the copyright page to know that it is Craig Davidson, who wrote the Giller Prize short-listed novel Cataract City). With the subtitle "A Novel of Terror," there isn't much room for confusion about the genre of The Troop.
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