The book is mostly told through the eyes of merry - now twenty-three years old - meeting with a woman who is writing a book about marjorie and the family's experiences. on the one hand, this rests firmly in the canon of possession lit, and all the expectations are met: the voices, the vomit, the levitation, the inappropriate sexual acts, but there's a cheekiness to it at all times - a little wink as it slightly adjusts these elements so that they are present, but slightly 'off.' this isn't played for horror, more for unease and a sort of evaluation of the possession genre itself. your attention, i have it, yes? this is both a horror novel and a psychological suspense novel, but then it goes the extra step into self-referential metafiction in a way that is natural and not gimmicky-annoying, probably because that part involves a delightful character named karen brissette. This book is about a fourteen-year-old girl named marjorie, her eight-year-old sister merry, and the events leading up to marjorie's exorcism.

This raises troubling questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil.Paul tremblay interviews me, or 'me' here: As she does so, long-buried secrets and painful memories that conflict with what was broadcast on television start to surface. A mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed as she recalls those long-ago events that happened when she was only eight years old. The show and the horrifying happenings it depicts become the stuff of urban legend when circumstances in the Barrett household explode in disaster.Ī best-selling author speaks with Merry, Marjorie’s younger sister, fifteen years later. Soon after, they discover that they are the inadvertent stars of the popular reality television program The Possession. The family agrees to be filmed since Marjorie’s father John has been unemployed for more than a year and because of imminent medical expenses. Additionally, he makes contact with a production team that is keen to record the Barretts’ situation. Father Wanderly advises performing an exorcism because he thinks the young person is possessed by a demon. They grudgingly seek assistance from a local Catholic priest as their steady home transforms into a house of horrors. The doctors are powerless to halt Marjorie’s slide towards madness, much to the dismay of her parents.

A head full of ghosts by paul tremblay