Rudy Tock's dad was dying at the same time that his son was being born. His father made ten predictions about his grandson. He also warned his son to beware the clown. The clown was also an expectant father. When the doctor announced that his wife had died, the clown, Konrad Beezo, went on a killing spree, then took his son and left. Rudy Tock left with his son and five dire predictions, dates which were to be the worst of his life. The son, narrator Jimmy Tock, comes to the first one unsure as to what he should expect. When he goes into the library that day, he is taken hostage and held, along with a beutiful woman, by a maniac bent on revenge against the town. All five days are linked to this first one. The story is meant to have many surprises and so I won't reveal them. Koontz uses many characteristics he's already used; a villain who eats spiders, for example. Incorporating the name Snow into everything, for another. This book has a surreal quality to it; despite the constant danger present, there is no feeling that anyone panics or gets terribly upset. The perception of humor is something a little off kilter too; a character without ANY sense of humor doesn't feel that others are crazy when they laugh, he feels that he is stupid because he can't understand the concept of humor. Question: Is it possible to have no sense of humor at all?
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