The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle - ISBN: 9780857509956
Hardcover
A forgotten patient battles a monstrous devil in a haunted asylum.

The Devil in Silver

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  • Hardcover

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    5 May 2026

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Summary

A stunning literary horror novel from an award-winning novelist, soon to be a major TV series from the creators of The Terror.

New Hyde Hospital’s psychiatric ward has a new resident. It also has a very, very old one.

When an altercation with the police leads to Pepper being mistakenly admitted to a mental institution in Queens, NYC, he doesn’t expect to stay there long. It will be a matter of days, he believes, until the misunderstanding is ironed out and he is released.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780857509956
ISBN-10:0857509950
Author:Victor LaValle
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Bantam Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:5 May 2026
Weight:536g
Dimensions:223mm x 146mm x 38mm
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Critics Review

Praise for The Devil in Silver * : *
A fearless exploration of America’s heart of darkness…A dizzying high-wire act. * Washington Post *
Fantastical, hellish, and hilarious. * Los Angeles Times *
It’s simply too bighearted, too gentle, too kind, too culturally observant and too idiosyncratic to squash into the small cupboard of any one genre, or even two. * New York Times *
Embeds a sophisticated critique of contemporary America’s inhumane treatment of madness in a fast-paced story that is by turns horrifying, suspenseful, and comic. * Boston Globe *
LaValle uses the thrills of horror to draw attention to timely matters. And he does so without sucking the joy out of the genre… . A striking and original American novelist. * The New Republic *
Praise for Victor LaValle * : *
LaValle hooks the reader deep into his increasingly eldritch thriller. * Guardian *
Wonderfully creepy and impossible to put down. * Buzzfeed *

About The Author

Victor LaValle

Victor LaValle is the author of eight works of fiction- five novels, two novellas, and a collection of short stories. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a World Fantasy Award, a British Fantasy Award, an American Book Award, two Bram Stoker Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Key to Southeast Queens. His novels have been included in best-of-the-year lists by the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Nation and Publishers Weekly, among others. The Devil in Silver is soon to be a major TV series. He lives in the Bronx with his wife and kids and teaches at Columbia University.

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