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Bentley Little : The Ignored
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Author: Bentley Little
Title: The Ignored
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Published in: English
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 432
Date: 1997-06-01
ISBN: 0451192583
Publisher: Signet
Latest: 2016/01/11
Weight: 0.4 pounds
Size: 1.21 x 4.34 x 6.86 inches
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With a good job and a pretty girlfriend, Bob Jones's one complaint in life is that he is ignored--until he is inducted into a secret society of the nondescript and dejected planning a horrifying revenge. Original."


Amazon.com Review
Many horror stories are about loners or misfits, but The Ignored is about a man who is so average, who fits into society so well, he disappears from view. In a harrowing progression reminiscent of an episode from Twilight Zone, Bob Jones drifts into a state where his co-workers can't see him, his friends don't recognize him, his parents die and he's not even invited to the funeral. Then he joins up with others of "the Ignored," a tiny minority in their own pocket of reality who validate each other in their mediocrity. The strength of this tale is in Bentley Little's willingness to explore all the possible fates open to Bob Jones, as if trying out alternative endings for the novel. This is horror of ideas--a chilling commentary on the blandness of a society that has a McDonald's on every corner and entertainment that is safe, boring, and middle-of-the-road.

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