My Best Friend’s Exorcism: A Review

This book is not to be missed

Before reading “My Best Friend’s Exorcism,” I’d never heard of Grady Hendrix. If I had heard of him, I’d have known a bit more what to expect from “My Best Friend’s Exorcism,” which is an engaging blend of gore and 1980s pop culture, including big hair and plenty of rock and roll references. This novel and Hendrix’s other work are a bit idiosyncratic, such as his novel “Horrorstör,” in which zombies overtake Orsk, a department store quite obviously based on Ikea.