Thomas tryon 1926 1991 actor turned author made his bestselling debut with the other 1971 which spent nearly six months on the new york times bestseller list and allowed him to quit acting for good. Harvest home was a new york times bestseller.
Harvest home is a novel that has haunted me since i first had the pleasure of reading it two decades ago.
Thomas tryon harvest home. Thomas tryon 1926 1991 actor turned author made his bestselling debut with the other 1971 which spent nearly six months on the new york times bestseller list and allowed him to quit acting for good. Films like children of the corn valerie and her week of wonders and the wicker man have long since suggested a fascination with the bizarre rituals of isolated places. Thomas tryon s elegant prose lulls you into a false sense of security painting an evocative nostalgic picture of the seemingly idyllic connecticut village of cornwall coombe until you begin to wonder if any place could be that perfect.
That being said harvest home has preceded many and it also doesn t necessarily bash religion in the way that stories like children of the corn did. A film adaptation with a screenplay by tryon and directed by robert mulligan appeared in 1972. The book became an nbc mini series in 1978 titled the dark secret of harvest home which starred bette davis as mary fortune and david ackroyd as nick.
Harvest home is a 1973 novel by thomas tryon which he wrote following his critically acclaimed 1971 novel the other. A film adaptation with a screenplay by tryon and directed by robert mulligan appeared in 1972. The mini series was generally quite faithful to the plot of the book.
Tryon wrote two more novels set in the fictional pequot landing of the other harvest home. Thomas tryon harvest home thank you. Harvest home is one of my favorite books and i have read it more times than i can remember.
Harvest home isn t the first story of its kind to impress a mainstream audience. Thomas tryon is a wonderfully descriptive writer whose elegant turn of phrase makes this novel a memorable horror story told in a very light way.
