![]() ![]() ![]() At the funeral, her son Dauphin and his sister, Mary-Scot interrupt the service, take out a ceremonial dagger and stab their dead mother in the heart. Marian Savage, matriarch of the venerable and wealthy Savage family, has died of cancer. It is a brooding, atmospheric book which successfully marries the Southern Gothic with the haunted house genre to create a genuinely creepy tale. His 1981 novel The Elementals is often included on the lists of all-time great horror novels and it is easy to see why. ![]()
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