Burnt Offerings (Marasco novel)

Burnt Offerings
First edition cover
AuthorRobert Marasco
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror novel
PublisherDelacorte Press
Publication date
February 1, 1973
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages260 (first printing)[1]
ISBN978-0-440-00928-3

Burnt Offerings is a 1973 American horror novel by Robert Marasco. Its plot follows a family who move into a summer home where each member is plagued by unusual experiences and personality changes. Published by Delacorte Press, the novel had originally been conceived as a screenplay before Marasco rewrote it into a novel.[2] It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1976. The novel was reprinted in 2015 by Valancourt Press.[3]

  1. ^ Library of Congress (1975). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1973: January-June. Copyright Office. p. 1019 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Hendrix, Grady (December 11, 2015). "Forgotten Bestsellers: Burnt Offerings". Tor. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  3. ^ Marasco, Robert (2015) [1973]. Burnt Offerings. Valancourt Press. ISBN 978-1-941-14770-2.