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Chargement... The Contortionist's Handbookpar Craig Clevenger
   Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ) waconner | Jun 29, 2023 |  Bureaucrats, psychiatrists in white robes, the police, judges are the individuals on the other side of the line. In his side of the line, he mostly stands alone. The narrator has a very unique voice and the author writes so well that we get into the narrator's head very easily. The use of flashbacks is also great. The prose has been described as reminiscent of Palahniuk's. There is truth to this, but then again Palahniuk's prose isn't really that unique if you think about it. Palahniuk's style is noir-ish, and reading the CH, I am reminded of the stylish visuals of the neo-noir film 'The Salton Sea' starring Val Kilmer. ( ) rufus666 | Aug 14, 2022 |  ) Drunken-Otter | Aug 20, 2021 | ........ It had a really good ending. Still very, very Palahniuk-esque, minus any fantastic/supernatural elements. ( ) xiaomarlo | Apr 17, 2019 | sonyagreen | Jun 24, 2015 |
 Clevenger has produced an utterly persuasive and compelling novel, combining the zest and enthusiasm of a new voice with the craft and the guile of a veteran...The Contortionist's Handbook is so accomplished, and in so many different ways, that it instantly elevates Craig Clevenger into the top echelon of writers. Prix et récompenses
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HTML: Clevenger has produced an utterly persuasive and compelling novel, combining the zest and enthusiasm of a new voice with the craft and the guile of a veteran. Following a near fatal overdose of painkillers, Daniel Fletcher is resuscitated in a Los Angeles emergency room and detained for psychiatric evaluation. Through a series of questions and tests, the psychiatrist must ascertain whether the patient intended to kill himself or whether he can walk free. What the psychiatrist doesn't know is that Daniel Fletcher is actually John "Johnny" Dolan Vincent, a brilliant young forger who continually changes his identity to save himself from a lifetime of incarceration. Johnny has done such assessments beforeâ??many, many times. As he creates an elaborate bluff for the evaluator, Johnny reveals the true story of his traumatic past: a broken family, descent into the sinister world of forgers and criminals, and his one chance of salvation in the beautiful and elusive Molly. But time is running out; as his underworld clients lose patience and the psychiatrist's net closes around him, Johnny has to negotiate the escape act of his life. Evoking the boulevards and strip bars of 1980s Los Angeles with cinematic intensity, The Contortionist's Handbook is a darkly hypnotic and stunningly original debut. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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