The Last Days of Jack Sparks
Jack Sparks died while writing this book. It was no secret that journalist Jack Sparks had been researching the occult for his new book. No stranger to controversy, he'd already triggered a furious Twitter storm by mocking an exorcism he witnessed. Then there was *that* video: forty seconds of chilling footage that Jack repeatedly claimed was not of his making, yet was posted from his own YouTube account. Nobody knew what happened to Jack in the days that followed - until now.
What you might want to know about The Last Days of Jack Sparks
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
Bestselling skeptic journalist Jack Sparks is researching a book debunking the supernatural when he attends a small exorcism in rural Italy, laughs at it on Twitter, and finds a video clip on his phone he did not record. The book is presented as his last manuscript, finished after his death.
The Last Days of Jack Sparks was written by Jason Arnopp and published in 2016. It is structured as a found-manuscript novel about an obnoxious skeptic journalist whose final book about exorcisms goes badly wrong.
Yes. The Last Days of Jack Sparks is a horror novel that uses internet-age framing devices (YouTube, footnotes, social media) to build dread. It is widely cited as a defining digital-era found-manuscript horror.
The Last Days of Jack Sparks is 379 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Last Days of Jack Sparks takes most readers 6 to 8 hours to finish.
The Last Days of Jack Sparks is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
The Last Days of Jack Sparks is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
