In this collection of 13 deeply personal short stories, David Gordon delves into both the absurd and the intense sides of being just what he is, a writer. Read my review of this lovely compilation of short stories here http://drchazan.blogspot.com/2014/09/stories-that-reveal-much-but-say-little.html
They say there are no coincidences, that nothing in this world truly happens by accident. So perhaps, deep down, i really meant to show my penis to my entire class. After all, that one seeming mistake began the adventure that changed my life.So... This book consists of thirteen short stories:1. Man-...
#197th Review My first David Gordon. This one slipped through the cracks when it came out. Making evaluations on just one book it's always risky, but I'd say David Gordon's got the touch. "The Serialist" is not completely successful. Some flaws abound, namely not making the story internally ...
In Mystery Girl, Sam Kronberg's wife leaves him because he has no job. He writes books that no one would want to read. In an attempt to get her back, he takes a job as an assistant to a detective. This takes him on a crazy journey to find out about the woman he initially followed, the slept with ...
Genre: Mystery / Noir Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books with a noir flair, and don't mind a bit of flowery language. First Thoughts: Mystery Girl was what my grandmother likes to call an "odd duck". I don't know what I was expecting it to be when I accepted it for review, but I can tell ...
The jacket blurb sums this novel up perfectly: It’s as if Tarantino had remade Vertigo after bingeing on Nero Wolfe novels. Our hero, Sam Kornberg, loves modern, experimental fiction; his best friend works in a video store and trade in the obscure and hard-to-find, the cultish and beloved. His fox...
I usually try to read the Edgar nominees for best first novel within the year of the award but had put this book off (it was nominated for 2010) because I frankly thought it would be pretentious literary fiction posing as a genre story so I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. I do enjo...
Unabridged (~8.5 hours)Read by Bronson Pinchotlaptop audio togs3In this darkly funny psychological thriller, a struggling writer finds his life suddenly resembling one of his own pulp novels when a convicted serial killer hires him to write his memoir.Synopsis - All Harry Bloch knows about catching ...
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