Kindle Store Kindle e-reader kopen Gratis Kindle-leesapps Engelse e-books Content en apparaten Kindle-ondersteuning I haven't read many adult mystery books yet, but The Serialist will no doubt be one of the more impressive ones. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Biography. The story follows an unusual path, with the main character narratively going off-track to examine one of the many slightly failed parts of his life. Great pulp, not great art, not to be taken too seriously but it keeps you reading and the term page-turner is not used in vain. Sure to be among the most unusual and appealing of this year’s debut thrillers.”"An irreverent and funny twist on the classic whodunit—the kind of pulp-fiction mystery that made the careers of such writers as Jim Thompson, Raymond Chandler, and Dashiell Hammett." There were a couple of unnecessary plot twists at the end, but I just wanted to be done with this book at that point. Start by marking “The Serialist” as Want to Read: I put it down for over a week because I was bored, and when I finally picked it back up the real action started within three pages, and it was much better after that. He initially worked as a writer and editor for adult magazines Hustler, Chic and Barely Legal in the 1990s before moving on to write novels.. His debut novel, The Serialist, won the 2011 First Novelist Award and was a finalist for the Mystery Writers of America's 2011 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Reading the blurb by Rivka Galchen, where she carefully explains that Gordon makes high art out of trash, I was worried that The Serialist would be one these self-indulgent Sometimes when serious writers take a break from their high-brow endeavours and play around with genre fiction the results are less than stellar. When I read the blurb at the back, I imagined this Photo-killer to be a regular killer, but this was far more deranged then I thought it would be. Every one of them is individually distinct and dynamic in a way that is not easily achieved in fiction. You have to go to the art schools to get into the galleries, to learn how to talk that bullshit. LOVED it. It is a great read. By clicking 'Sign me up' I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the © 2020 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved. . Of course, he's already given us his first sentence, so its as if he's disclosing a new part of his personality when he unleashes an over the top new “first sentence.” THE SERIALIST is narrated in the first person. I’d never heard of David Gordon until I came across a very funny Here’s something I haven’t done before: read two books by the same author one after another. But then the murders start, and it's the most gruesome thing I have read in a long time. Start with a hack writer as narrator. The main character is a lovable loser, content to waste his writing talent on producing serial science fiction novels, along with the occasional pornography just to balance it out. Published We didn't make it too far. By clicking 'Sign me up' I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Tell us what you like and we'll recommend books you'll love. Not just a good first novel, but an excellent novel, period.” –"David Gordon has gathered up our cultural trash and made of it something magnificent. Harry Bloch is a struggling author of mysteries, vampire stories and pornographic tales, all under pen names.
Very different, very fresh. The final section of the book is the laying to rest of all the unfinished details of the story, including a whole second mystery couched inside the first. The Serialist [a Novel] (Book) : Gordon, David : A DARK AND STYLISH PAGE-TURNER FROM A BOLD NEW VOICE IN FICTION Harry Bloch is a struggling writer who pumps out pulpy serial novels--from vampire books to detective stories--under various pseudonyms.