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The Secret History of Twin Peaks
by Mark Frost
If it weren't for the forthcoming third season of the show, I probably wouldn't have awarded this book the full 5-star ranking; I guess you might say my giddy anticipation, along with the promise of additional revelations, had the effect of evoking an extra "bonus star". Viewed the other way around, however, said anticipation didn't get any less giddy after reading it. It elegantly expands upon the TP mythos, and is presented in a way that is much more in line with the original TV show than a straight-ahead novel or "diary" format would have been.
Other reviewers have done a better job of summarising the book's contents than I would muster, and so I'll just as well refrain from trying, but suffice it to say that if you consider yourself an above-average fan of the show, don't pass this thing up. Some passages and connections to real (or "real") events are positively eerie, and a number of answers are provided to questions unanswered since the early 1990s.
My only twinge of buyer's remorse is getting the Kindle edition instead of ordering the hardcover -- reading this book on a black-and-white Kindle Touch or Paperwhite doesn't really do its presentation justice, and the substantial number of facsimiles and images throughout can be hard to decipher on such a limited screen. If you get the digital edition, be sure to at least read it on a full-colour tablet or computer screen.
Other reviewers have done a better job of summarising the book's contents than I would muster, and so I'll just as well refrain from trying, but suffice it to say that if you consider yourself an above-average fan of the show, don't pass this thing up. Some passages and connections to real (or "real") events are positively eerie, and a number of answers are provided to questions unanswered since the early 1990s.
My only twinge of buyer's remorse is getting the Kindle edition instead of ordering the hardcover -- reading this book on a black-and-white Kindle Touch or Paperwhite doesn't really do its presentation justice, and the substantial number of facsimiles and images throughout can be hard to decipher on such a limited screen. If you get the digital edition, be sure to at least read it on a full-colour tablet or computer screen.