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Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals, a used hangman's noose, a snuff film. An aging death-metal rock god, his taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans as the notorious excesses of his youth. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as... read more
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Characters edit
- Judas Coyne (aka Justin Cowzynski): An aging heavy-metal star who collects eclectic and occult objects and young goth chicks. Jude is his alias and stage name, is a vaguely veiled reference to the biblical story of Judas. He is haunted by his past as well as a ghost.
- Marybeth Kimball (aka Georgia): Jude's girlfriend.
- Anna McDermott (aka Florida): Jude's former girlfriend. A rare blond-headed Goth chick. Manic depressive.
- Craddock James McDermott: The ghost. Step-father to Jude's last girlfriend, Anna (Florida). A dowser and hypnotist in life.
- Jessica McDermott Price: Anna's (Florida's) older sister and step-daughter of Craddock McDermott.
- Reese Price: Jessica Price's daughter. She bears a striking resemblance to her aunt, Anna.
- Danny Wooten: Jude's smarmy secretary who regularly identifies new objects for his collection and brings them to his attention.
- Angus: One of Jude's German Sheperds
- Bon: One of Jude's German Shepherds.
- Martin Cowzynski: Jude's father
- Arlene Wade: Aunt and live-in nurse for Jude's father.
- Mrs. Fordham (aka Bammy): Marybeth's (Georgia's) grandmother.
- Ruth: Bammy's twin sister who was kidnapped as a child.
- Nan Shreve (aka Tennessee): Judas' lawyer and ex-girlfriend.
- Kenny Morlix: Former drummer of Jude's rock band. Only surviving member besides Jude.
- Jerome Presley: Former member of Jude's rock band. Played rhythm guitar and keyboards.
- Dizzy: Former bassist of Jude's rock band. Died of AIDS.
- Shannon: Former wife of Jude.
- George Ruger: The father of an old school friend of Marybeth's.
- Johnny Cash: Add a description of this character.
- Bill Beutel
- Nguyen Trung
- Marybeth Stacy Kimball
- Philip
- Sheryll Jane
- Freddy
- Jackson Browne
- Doc Newland
- Quinn
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Trent Reznor
- Peter
- Anna May McDermott
- Jimmy Elliott
- Roy Hayes
- Paula Joy Williams
Quotes edit
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“She lay with her face in the pillow, one bone-white arm above the sheets and curled tight against her body. It had been years since he dated anyone with a tan. When you were a Goth, it was important to at least imply the possibility you might burst into flames in direct sunlight.”
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“Whatever she wasn't telling him, he knew it was bad, a certain kind of bad. The specifics didn't matter -- that's whast he believed then. he had thought, at the time, that this was one of his strengths, his willignness to accept her as she was, without questioms, without judgements. She was safe with him, safe from whatever ghosts were chasing her.”
Jude Coyne -
“She'd done things to him he thought only happened to characters in country-western songs, laying waste to his car, his dogs, driving him from his home, and making an outlaw of him. It was almost funny.”
Jude Coyne
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Horror was rooted in sympathy, after all, in understanding what it would be like to suffer the worst.
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That was one thing you found out when you were stoned, or wasted, or feverish: that the world was always turning and that only a healthy mind could block out the sickening whirl of it.
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My stepdad used to say he never met anyone as easy to put into a trance as me.
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They might have high-speed Internet connections in Baton Rouge, but in the little towns in the swamps north of Lake Pontchartrain, if you wanted a high-speed connection with the rest of the world, you souped up a car and got the fuck out.
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beard and your big leather jacket and your big black car and your big black
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Jude and his mother had never helped each other. When they needed it most, they had never dared.
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become a little too willing to take what he was offered, without wondering at the possible consequences.
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First Sentence edit
Jude had a private collection.
Themes & Symbolism edit
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Significant Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror). (community list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 13, 2007
ISBN: 0061147931
Page Count: 384
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 13, 2007
ISBN: 0061147931
Page Count: 384
Awards edit
- Bram Stoker Award (Finalist, 2007: Novel)
- Bram Stoker Award (2007: First Novel)
- Macavity Awards (Finalist, 2008: Best First Mystery)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Casual Debris: Review of Heart-Shaped Box.
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