Research (English Edition)
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If you want to write a murder mystery, you have to do some research...
In a luxury flat in Monaco, John Houston's supermodel wife lies in bed, a bullet in her skull.
Houston is the world's most successful novelist, the playboy head of a literary empire that produces far more books than he could ever actually write. Now the man who has invented hundreds of best-selling killings is wanted for a real murder and on the run from the police, his life transformed into something out of one of his books.
And in London, the ghostwriter who is really behind those books has some questions for him too...
Rang parmi les ventes Amazon: #126050 dans eBooksPublié le: 2014-06-30Sorti le: 2014-06-30Format: Ebook KindleNombre d'articles: 1Présentation de l'éditeurIf you want to write a murder mystery, you have to do some research... In a luxury flat in Monaco, John Houston's supermodel wife lies in bed, a bullet in her skull. Houston is the world's most successful novelist, the playboy head of a literary empire that produces far more books than he could ever actually write. Now the man who has invented hundreds of best-selling killings is wanted for a real murder and on the run from the police, his life transformed into something out of one of his books. And in London, the ghostwriter who is really behind those books has some questions for him too...Revue de presse'A quirky Hitchcockian fable that pokes savage fun at publishers, the book trade and the business of authorship' Andrew Taylor, Spectator Books of the Year. (Spectator)'This clever thriller is packed with sardonic one-liners and ribald humour' Sunday Mirror. (Sunday Mirror)Présentation de l'éditeurIf you want to write a murder mystery, you have to do some research... In a luxury flat in Monaco, John Houston's supermodel wife lies in bed, a bullet in her skull. Houston is the world's most successful novelist, the playboy head of a literary empire that produces far more books than he could ever actually write. Now the man who has invented hundreds of best-selling killings is wanted for a real murder and on the run from the police, his life transformed into something out of one of his books. And in London, the ghostwriter who is really behind those books has some questions for him too...Détails de Research (English Edition)
Titre du livre : Research (English Edition)
Auteur : Philip Kerr
Date de sortie : 2014-06-30
Catégorie : Subjects
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Vous trouverez ci-dessous quelques critiques les plus utiles sur Research (English Edition). Vous pouvez considérer cela avant de décider d'acheter / lire ce livre.0 internautes sur 0 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile.Not for me, not nowPar Alfred J. KwakA golden rule as reader is to ask myself at page 50, am I curious about what is on the next page and how this book ends? I dismiss “Research” on this criterion. Why? Because of its tone and structure. Narrator and Scotsman Donald Irvine is one of four ghostwriters of a writing ‘atelier’ that helped make John Houston the world’s bestselling author, with John providing rock-solid, perfectly researched 75-page outlines and the atelier fleshing them out into blockbusters. They were well paid incl. copious royalties until collectively dismissed. Not much later, John’s wife is found shot dead in their Monaco apartment and John is missing along with his Land Cruiser…As a police procedural, it progresses at snail’s pace because of the narrator’s verbosity. As a chronicle of the publishing industry, it contains eye openers and lesser bits compared to e.g. Martin Amis, whose name is dropped repeatedly, along with others. Chatty, opinionated and witty beyond belief about all sorts of things, Kerr slowed, then stalled my appetite for the next 300 pp …Nonetheless, undoubtedly rich in many respects and probably a joyful excursion from normal duty for the author. Out of respect for his oeuvre, three stars. I may return to this book in winter and possibly upgrade my vote.
