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The Book Show #1145 - Justin Cronin

By Joe Donahue

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Albany, NY – Justin Cronin's new 770-page thriller, The Passage, has garnered much attention for its $3.7 million book deal and subsequent bidding war between Hollywood studios for a film adaptation.

Now, the write-ups are nearly unanimous in their praise for the post-apocalyptic epic. Janet Maslin of The New York Times calls The Passage a "genuinely jolting horror story" with its "share of original twists" that lend it the "air of an old-time western." Justin Cronin will join us on this week's Book Show.