{"product_id":"2940013004016","title":"Tamper","description":"Tamper is about a boy named Whit who grows up in the 1960s obsessed with paranormal research, B-movies, and strange noises drifting up from the basement of his parents' house. By the mid-70s he is experimenting with drugs and seeing a psychiatrist, trying to solve the mystery of his obsession with the number 4. \u003cbr\u003eWhit and three friends meet a reclusive mystery writer who hints that the answer may be found in the ancient burial chambers under the island of Malta.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1940s, real-life pulp science fiction writer Richard Shaver claimed that underground mutants were using invisible rays to \"tamper\" with his mind. Some people said he was crazy. Whit can relate!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you like secret panels and passages, Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, small-town childhood escapades reminiscent of Jean Shepherd's A Christmas Story, Authur Conan Doyle's fascination with the spirit world, Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, arcane Historical fiction, and pulp Sci-Fi magazines like Amazing Stories, Fate, and Weird Tales, Tamper is your kind of book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Tamper:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I very much enjoyed reading Tamper, an original mix of Fortean insight into the \u003cbr\u003eparanormal and a coming-of-age novel.\" - Adrian Dover, Creator of The Ladder: A Henry James Website\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Good mysteries are never just mysteries. They’re usually a combination of engaging literary fiction with compelling characters, an interesting plot with twists and the skillful layering of several genres, including history, mystery, and, in the case of Bill Ectric‘s novel Tamper, also a dab or two of the \u003cbr\u003eparanormal.”- Claudia Moscovici, author of Romanticism and Postromanticism, Velvet Totalitarianism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For a book described as The Hardy Boys meet William S. Burroughs, Tamper is a surprisingly tender book about growing up on the edge of magic.\" - Eric D. Lehman, Professor of English, University of Bridgeport, author of Bridgeport: Tales From the Park City","brand":"Surtsey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161039749360,"sku":"2940013004016","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013004016_p0.jpg?v=1763575591","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013004016","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}