![]() The book manages to perfectly combine the world of daily anxieties of a young married man with a pregnant wife, with the sudden ability to see ghosts. Rather than coolly picking thoughts from people's minds, it is depicted as a crippling inundation of thoughts and feelings. But "powers" is somewhat of a misnomer, because his abilities are as much vulnerabilities as they are powers. All of this is described in a fairly straightforward manner, as a comedy or drama about suburban life-except for the supernatural element of Tom's sudden psychic powers. Married neighbor Elsie is more than just a little bit flirty with Tom, although her husband has no idea. ![]() These abilities are played out against a backdrop of suburban scandals and problems: Wallace's wife, Anne, is pregnant, as his neighbor Elizabeth, against her husband's desires. This unleashes a week of Wallace experiencing different types of psychic phenomena, including precognition, psychometry and telepathy. Later that night, he sees what appears to be a ghost in his home. The action of the plot begins when Wallace's brother-in-law hypnotizes him as a party trick. It is the 1950s, people are moving to the suburbs and are optimistic, but of course something lurks beneath he surface. Tom Wallace is a Public Relations worker for an aircraft company in southern California, which is not specifically important, but sets the tone. The book is a combination of horror, science-fiction and suspense, combining social realism with aspects of the supernatural. Somewhat confusingly, it was adapted into a movie in 1999, but under the title " Stir of Echoes". "A Stir of Echoes" is a 1958 novel by acclaimed science-fiction writer Richard Matheson.
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