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Serialist : A Novel by David Gordon (2010, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-101439158487

ISBN-139781439158487

eBay Product ID (ePID)73910742

Product Key Features

Book TitleSerialist : a Novel

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCrime, Thrillers / General, Literary, Mystery & Detective / General

Publication Year2010

GenreFiction

AuthorDavid Gordon

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight10.9 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2009-024126

Reviews"Gordon, who lives in New York City, is terrifically talented. . . Not just a good first novel, but an excellent novel, period." ?Winnipeg Free Press, "The Serialistis an entertainingly wicked debut. A literary pulp fiction that flays and skewers post-Millennial New York and along the way reinvents the American detective novel. ?David Gordon has arrived, brash, irreverent and indecently talented."--Evan Wright, author ofGeneration Kill, "Seldom has a serial-killer story been as richly textured and laugh-out-loud funny as this one. Sure to be among the most unusual and appealing of this year's debut thrillers." -- Booklist (starred review), "The Serialistis a book about many things but above all it's about storytelling -- why and how we tell stories to stay not only sane but also alive. David Gordon writes with style, bite, suspense, humor, and heart. Remember his name. The Serialistis great fun to read and the beginning of a noteworthy career."--David Ebershoff, author ofThe 19th WifeandThe Danish Girl, " The Serialist is a book about many things but above all it's about storytelling -- why and how we tell stories to stay not only sane but also alive. David Gordon writes with style, bite, suspense, humor, and heart. Remember his name. The Serialist is great fun to read and the beginning of a noteworthy career." --David Ebershoff, author of The 19th Wife and The Danish Girl, "The Serialistis an entertainingly wicked debut. A literary pulp fiction that flays and skewers post-Millennial New York and along the way reinvents the American detective novel. David Gordon has arrived, brash, irreverent and indecently talented."--Evan Wright, author ofGeneration Kill, "The Serialist'is David Gordon's debut novel, and an auspicious one it is. . .Terrific'characters, a game (if somewhat reluctant) protagonist and clever dialogue makeThe Serialista really excellent debut just itching for a sequel." --Bookpage?, "Gordon, who lives in New York City, is terrifically talented. . . Not just a good first novel, but an excellent novel, period." - Winnipeg Free Press, Gordon, who lives in New York City, is terrifically talented. . . Not just a good first novel, but an excellent novel, period. Winnipeg Free Press, "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." -- GQ.com, Seldom has a serial-killer story been as richly textured and laugh-out-loud funny as this one. Sure to be among the most unusual and appealing of this year's debut thrillers. -- Booklist (starred review), "Seldom has a serial-killer story been as richly textured and laugh-out-loud funny as this one. Sure to be among the most unusual and appealing of this year's debut thrillers."--Booklist(starred review), "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." -- GQ.com, "David Gordon has gathered up our cultural trash and made of it something magnificent. In the tradition of Bolano, Chandler, and lots of dime novels that most of us pretend to know nothing about, The Serialist makes high art out of serial murders, pornography, soup dumplings and pulp fiction. I adore this book!" -Rivka Galchen, author of Atmospheric Disturbances, "Gordon, who lives in New York City, is terrifically talented. . . Not just a good first novel, but an excellent novel, period." Winnipeg Free Press, "The Serialist is David Gordon's debut novel, and an auspicious one it is. . .Terrific characters, a game (if somewhat reluctant) protagonist and clever dialogue make The Serialist a really excellent debut just itching for a sequel." --Bookpage , "The Serialist is David Gordon's debut novel, and an auspicious one it is. . .Terrific characters, a game (if somewhat reluctant) protagonist and clever dialogue make The Serialist a really excellent debut just itching for a sequel." --Bookpage, "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." -- GQ.com, "The Serialist is an entertainingly wicked debut. A literary pulp fiction that flays and skewers post-Millennial New York and along the way reinvents the American detective novel. David Gordon has arrived, brash, irreverent and indecently talented." --Evan Wright, author of Generation Kill, "A killer debut. . . funny, with a satirical edge, and unlike some literary authors who play with genre, Gordon knows how to write a potboiler." --Los Angeles Times, " The Serialist is a book about many things but above all it's about storytelling -- why and how we tell stories to stay not only sane but also alive. David Gordon writes with style, bite, suspense, humor, and heart. Remember his name. The Serialist is great fun to read and the beginning of a noteworthy career." --David Ebershoff, author of The 19th Wife and The Danish Girl, "A killer debut. . . funny, with a satirical edge, and unlike some literary authors who play with genre, Gordon knows how to write a potboiler." -- Los Angeles Times, "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." -- GQ.com, Seldom has a serial-killer story been as richly textured and laugh-out-loud funny as this one. Sure to be among the most unusual and appealing of this years debut thrillers. -- Booklist (starred review), "The Serialist is David Gordons debut novel, and an auspicious one it is. . .Terrific characters, a game (if somewhat reluctant) protagonist and clever dialogue make The Serialist a really excellent debut just itching for a sequel." --Bookpage, "An irreverent and funny twist on the classic whodunitthe kind of pulp-fiction mystery that made the careers of such writers as Jim Thompson, Raymond Chandler, and Dashiell Hammett." -- GQ.com, "The Serialist is David Gordon's debut novel, and an auspicious one it is. . .Terrific characters, a game (if somewhat reluctant) protagonist and clever dialogue makeThe Serialista really excellent debut just itching for a sequel." --Bookpage , "The Serialistis a book about many things but above all it's about storytelling -- why and how we tell stories to stay not only sane but also alive.' David Gordon writes with style, bite, suspense, humor, and heart.' Remember his name.'The Serialistis great fun to read and the beginning of a noteworthy career."--David Ebershoff, author ofThe 19th WifeandThe Danish Girl, "David Gordon has gathered up our cultural trash and made of it something magnificent. In the tradition of Bolano, Chandler, and lots of dime novels that most of us pretend to know nothing about,The Serialistmakes high art out of serial murders, pornography, soup dumplings and pulp fiction. I adore this book!"-Rivka Galchen, author ofAtmospheric Disturbances, "The Serialist is an entertainingly wicked debut. A literary pulp fiction that flays and skewers post-Millennial New York and along the way reinvents the American detective novel. David Gordon has arrived, brash, irreverent and indecently talented." --Evan Wright, author of Generation Kill

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Dewey Decimal813/.6

SynopsisA 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. But his life begins to imitate his fiction when he agrees to ghostwrite the memoir of Darian Clay, New York City's infamous Photo Killer. Soon, three young women turn up dead, each one murdered in the Photo Killer's gruesome signature style, and Harry must play detective in a real-life murder plot as he struggles to avoid becoming the killer's next victim. Witty, irreverent, and original, The Serialist is a love letter to books--from poetry to pornography--and proof that truth really can be stranger than fiction.

LC Classification NumberPS3607.O5935S47 2010