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5150, rue des Ormes Without imitating King's style, Patrick Senécal successfully draws the reader in as forcefully as the master of American horror. Québec français Illustration : Jacques Lamontagne His name is Yannick Bérubé, he is twenty-three years old, he is being held prisoner at 5150 Ormes Street, in the town of Montcharles, and that's why he's decided to tell his story. And though his tale begins with a minor bicycle accident, what happens next rapidly descends into utter horror, because the family that is holding him captive is far from normal. Jacques Beaulieu, the father, is a psychopath and chess fanatic who believes himself to be the last of the righteous. Michelle, the teenage daughter, seems even more dangerous than her father. Maude, the wife and mother, is obsessed with Jesus Christ and blindly follows her husband's orders. Then there is little Anne, who is mute and has big staring eyes like empty wells. Yannick Bérubé has one simple goal : he must escape from this loony bin, or it will cost him his life, or his sanity ! Patrick Senécal 5150, rue des Ormes 367 pages, $14.95