Suffer the Children
Suffer the Children is a 1978 horror novel by John Saul.
21 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 4 editions.
It runs to roughly 315 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Suffer the Children
One hundred years ago in Port Arbello a pretty little girl began to scream. And struggle. And die. No one heard. No one saw. Just one man whose guilty heart burst in pain as he dashed himself to death in the sea. Now something peculiar is happening in Port Arbello. The children are disappearing, one by one. An evil history is repeating itself. And one strange, terrified child has ended her silence with a scream that began a hundred years ago.
Quick answers
Who wrote Suffer the Children?
Suffer the Children was written by John Saul and first published in 1978.
What genre is Suffer the Children?
It is usually shelved as Horror.
How long is Suffer the Children?
The median edition has 315 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Suffer the Children?
Readers who like it often enjoy It, The Shining and Misery.
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