All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By by John Farris

None came close to matching the original.įor me All Heads Turn When The Hunt Goes is one of the finest horror novels ever written by anybody anytime anywhere. There was a ten year period following its publication when you saw a Fury-like book virtually every month.

It also created a cottage industry for imitators. It became a very good Brian DePalma film for which Farris wrote the screenplay. The Fury dramatically demonstrated how modern society would pervert paranormal abilities and turn them into just another murderous political toy. At various times he has made his home in New York, Southern California and Puerto Rico he currently resides near Atlanta, Georgia.”įollowing the success of Harrison High, Farris embarked on a literary career that has given us three indisputable masterpieces including The Fury, All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes and Son of The Endless Night. He has had several plays produced off-Broadway, and also paints and writes poetry. He wrote and directed the film Dear Dead Delilah in 1973. Apart from his vast body of fiction, his work on motion picture screenplays includes adaptations of his own books (ie., The Fury), original scripts, and adaptations of the works of others (such as Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man).

His first wife, Kathleen, was the mother of Julie Marie, John, and Jeff Farris his second wife, Mary Ann Pasante, was the mother of Peter John ('P.J.') Farris. Raised in Tennessee, he graduated from Central High School in Memphis and attended Southwestern University there. According to Wikipedia: “John Lee Farris (1936-) was born 1936 in Jefferson City, Missouri, to parents John Linder Farris (1909-1982) and Eleanor Carter Farris (1905-1984).

All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By by John Farris