Winner of the bram stoker award and named one of the 100 best novels of 2006 by, by Norman Partridge is a powerhouse thrill-ride with all the resonance of Shirley Jackson's "The lottery." Halloween, 1963. They call him t...Winner of the bram stoker award and named one of the 100 best novels of 2006 by, by Norman Partridge is a powerhouse thrill-ride with all the resonance of Shirley Jackson's "The lottery." Halloween, 1963. They call him the October boy, or ol' hacksaw face, or sawtooth jack.