A quote on the back cover says "A novel of beauty, calm, sensuality, anticipations, horror and nightmare... The Girl in a Swing grips - brilliantly".

And here's a review from Amazon:

Forget King, Straub, Herbert, Koontz, Andrews and all other illiterate horror writers of today. Here's a powerful, articulated voice that will reach deep down inside you and stir your emotions in a primal, archetypical level without stooping to clichés and formulas. Adam's "children's books" were full of truly frightening moments, but for all of us who love the macabre and admire the writer who is courageous enough to pursue his own personal demons while bringing us along for the ride, this is the book. The pair of "star-crossed lovers" he gives us are made of flesh and bones and their descent into horror is one of the most painful and moving in literature. The pathos evoked in the climax of the novel is, to my knowledge, unsurpassed in post-war American literature, regardless of genre. If you like your horror stories gripping and suspenseful but are more horrified by most of contemporary genre writers styles rather than their plots and skills, this is the book you've been searching for: poignant, elegant and very, very scary.

This book doesn't appeal to me in the least, not being a fan of anything even vaguely related to horror (I get nightmares too easily!). I don't know what possessed me to buy it!

I plan to pass it on to someone else so they can enjoy it. But given its themes, I don't think it will be suitable for wild release, so I'll hold on to it until I can release it to a known individual.

I'm sending this off today to Felicia-Fairy, in a package with a number of other books.

What a lovely surprise.... thanks scism!

Released on Friday, May 14, 2004 at Hog's Breath Cafe - Wood Street. in Mackay, Queensland Australia.

This looks like a great book, but I have so many to read at the moment that I am setting it free!

Happy bookcrossing!