Horns (2010) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Ignatius Martin ("Ig") Perrish: Lead character. Wakes to find a pair of horns protruding from his forehead. His girlfriend was brutally murdered and he uses his new found powers to track that person down.
• Merrin Williams: Ig's deceased (murdered) girlfriend.
• Lee Tourneau: Ig's high school friend. Sociopath.
• Glenna Nicholson: Ig's current friends-with-benefits/girlfriend. Lee's childhood girlfriend.
• Terry Perrish: Ig's older brother. Popular trumpet player and rising late-night TV star.
• Eric Hannity: Eric was described as an Abercrombie & Fitch model type guy in high school who later grew up and later joined the highway patrol. Later in the story, he becomes Lee's sidekick and faces off against Ig.
• Dale: Merrin's father
• Sturtz: A Gideon cop
• Grandmother Vera: Ig's wheelchair-bound grandmother
• Lydia Perrish: Ig & amp; Terry Perrish's mother
• Posada: A Gideon cop
• Regan Williams: Merrin's deceased older sister. Passed away at 20 years of age.
• Derrick Perrish: Ig's father
• Heidi Williams: Merrin Williams' mother
• Dale Williams: Merrin's father

Quotes edit see section history

• “People forgive. Demons---not so much.”

  Ig

• “You think you know someone. But mostly you just know what you want to know.”

  Terry

• “It went to show that no one knew, when they abandoned a thing, what misuses it would be put to later by others. Ig had abandoned Merrin Williams one night---had walked away from his best friend in the world, in a fit of immature, self-righteous anger---and look what had happened.”

• “It was, perhaps the devil's old precept, that sin could always be trusted to reveal what was most human in a person, as often for good as for ill.”

• “Bless are they that mourn, for they shall be kicked in the nuts as soon as they try to get back up. That wasn't in the Bible, but maybe it should've been.”

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Knowles River: The river that runs by the abandoned foundry in Gideon, a common hangout for the local teenagers.
• Gideon, New Hampshire: The fictional town the majority of the story takes place.
• Gremlin: Ig's car
• England: Where Ig is planning to be headed the morning after his girlfriend Merrin is murdered
• Boston: Where Merrin was living and going to college.
• Camp Galilee: The summer camp that Ig worked at in his teens as a camp counselor.

Organizations edit see section history

• Republic Party: Lee, Ig's friend, works for a Republican Congressman in New Hampshire

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Glossary edit see section history

• Tom Crown: Famous brand, creating the mute, a device that alters the sound of musical instruments.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Treehouse of the Mind: Describe this theme.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Joe Hill (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Amazon Best of the Month (March 2010: Fiction, #4)
• Bram Stoker Award (Finalist, 2010: Novel)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3608.I4342 H67 2010
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

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Contains profanity, brutal violence and other horrible acts

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Horror › United States
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Joe Hill: Author's website.

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