A Good and Happy Child: a Novel Reprint edition

A Washington Post Best Book of 2007

?Beautifully written and perfectly structured. . . . This novel is much more than The Omen for the latte generation, and Evans cleverly subverts expectations at every turn.? ?Washington Post

In the smart and suspenseful A Good and Happy Child, a psychological thriller in the tradition of Donna Tartt?s The Secret History with shades of The Exorcist, a young man reexamines his childhood memories of strange visions and erratic behavior to answer disturbing questions that continue to haunt him and his new family.

?[A] satisfying, suspenseful first novel. . . . Young George?s intriguing story unbalances the reader right up to the book?s deliciously chilling end.?
?People

?A scary, grown-up ghost story that combines Southern gothic with more than a twist of The Exorcist. . . . Combine[s] mind-bending storytelling with excellent prose.?
?Portland Tribune

?Think Rosemary?s Baby?plus . . . told in the kind of prose that mesmerizes, sweeping the reader along so fast that there?s no time to ask questions.?
?Hartford Courant

?[A] dazzling debut . . . part psychological thriller, part horror story.?
?Chicago Tribune

?Relat[es] his otherworldly suspense story with the cool, calm eye of a skeptic.?
?Entertainment Weekly (A?)