Since then, he has published 12 additional novels and several short story collections. Jack Ketchum s debut novel, Off Season (1981) an updating of the Sawney Beane story prompted The Village Voice to publicly scold its publisher for publishing violent pornography. And before too many hours pass, five civilized, sophisticated people and one tired old country sheriff will learn just how primitive we all are beneath the surface.and that there are no limits at all to the will to survive. Nearby, a savage human family with a taste for flesh lurks in the darkening woods, watching, waiting for the moon to rise and night to fall. A beautiful New York editor retreats to a lonely cabin on a hill in the quiet Maine beach town of Dead River-off season-awaiting her sister and friends.

The author's uncut, uncensored version-Cover. Brief Description: A beautiful New York editor retreats to a lonely cabin on a hill in the quiet Maine beach town of Dead River-off season-awaiting her sister and friends.

Off season the unexpurgated edition