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The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

by [Kaeirdwyn]


"The Reincarnation of Peter Proud"
By Max Erlich, Copyright 1974
Also made into a Movie of the same name in 1988.

Book Review by [Kaeirdwyn]

     When a college professor named Peter Proud begins to experience flashbacks from a previous life or incarnation, he is mysteriously drawn to places he has never been before, but they are all troublingly familiar. As if drawn by an outside or cosmic force, he soon finds himself unwittingly in the company of a woman who turns out to be his previous incarnation's wife.
     This woman, Marcia Curtis, recognizes in Peter startling personality traits and characteristics which he, and her dead husband, Jeff, share. Even the sound of his voice seems to be that of her dead husband. Peter, strangely enough, becomes romantically drawn to Ann Curtis who was his daughter (Jeff and Marcia's daughter) from his previous incarnation.
     Why is he drawn to her? He isn't sure, but doesn't care to fight it. Recognizing the incestuous feel to their relationship, Mrs. Curtis, disgusted, tries to keep them apart, without revealing her reasons or why she thinks Proud is her dead husband come back to life. She must keep them apart at all costs. But how?
     Must she finally reveal the terrible secret of the final minutes she shared with her husband Jeff, in order to keep Peter away from her (their?) daughter? Some of the flashbacks begin to give him a glimpse of how he died in the past. Just why did he die and why has he come back? 
     Once again a suspense filled book, that even though I read it long ago, I still remember it today. I would have to give it three stars out of five and say it definitely has dark horror parts to it and may have sexual content.

     Happy Reading, [Kaeirdwyn]




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