FRIEND OR FIEND?

The girl Tony was everything Natalie was not—wild where Natalie was was subdued, rebellious where Natalie was obedient, unafraid where Natalie was timid, mocking of men where Natalie was overawed.

Why then did Natalie fall under this creature's power?

What did Tony want to do with the innocent college girl who had become a helpless puppet in her hands?

You will not want to guess the answer... [in] Her shattering novel of a young girl led ever deeper into total terror...

"No one can question Shirley Jackson's ability to do exactly what she wants to do... HANGSAMAN is as disturbing a noyel as "The Lottery" was a disturbing story." [San Francisco Chronicie]

"Eerie and nightmarish!" [Saturday Review]

"Piercing beyond the ordinary... One cannot doubt a word that SHirley Jackson writes." [New York Times]