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Chargement... The Devil's Detective: A Novel (2015)par Simon Kurt Unsworth
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Unsworth has created an intricate and gorgeously detailed portrait of hell and its inhabitants in this book, but that's truly nothing compared to his character work and storytelling. Thomas Fool, one of Hell's so-called Information Men, is a character that one can't help but be entranced by. He's sympathetic and engaging while being helplessly stuck in a job that's as important as it is chaotic and difficult. More than that, he's utterly believable. And the story itself, intricate and fast-paced, is all the more powerful because of Unsworth's talent for otherworldly detail and twists. All told, I fell into this book and loved it, and I can't wait to read the next book in the series. I could not tell you what genre it is, but in all sincerity, it doesn't matter. This is a fun, gorgeous ride of a book that doesn't shy away from real meaning and big questions, and it's absolutely worth reading. Recommended. Wasn't sure I was going to stick with this one when I first started it. I was expecting weird, but I wasn't expecting...whatever I got. But then, slowly, subtly, Unsworth won me over with some great writing, greater imagination, and amazing action sequences. Seriously, he took the detective novel to hell. And did it really well. If I have one complaint, it's the overuse of Thomas Fool constantly thinking of various adjectives before his name, such as, Intelligent Fool. Little, noticeable Fool. That shit got old quickly. But a minor gripe for an overall compelling read. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Debut novelist Simon Kurt Unsworth sends the detective novel to Hell. In The Devil's Detective, a sea change is coming to Hell . . . and a man named Thomas Fool is caught in the middle. Thomas Fool is an Information Man, an investigator tasked with cataloging and filing reports on the endless stream of violence and brutality that flows through Hell. His job holds no reward or satisfaction, because Hell has rules but no justice. Each new crime is stamped "Do Not Investigate" and dutifully filed away in the depths of the Bureaucracy. But when an important political delegation arrives and a human is found murdered in a horrific manner-extravagant even by Hell's standards-everything changes. The murders escalate, and their severity points to the kind of killer not seen for many generations. Something is challenging the rules and order of Hell, so the Bureaucracy sends Fool to identify and track down the killer. . . . But how do you investigate murder in a place where death is common currency? Or when your main suspect pool is a legion of demons? With no memory of his past and only an irresistible need for justice, Fool will piece together clues and follow a trail that leads directly into the heart of a dark and chaotic conspiracy. A revolution is brewing in Hell . . . and nothing is what it seems. The Devil's Detective is an audacious, highly suspenseful thriller set against a nightmarish and wildly vivid world. Simon Kurt Unsworth has created a phantasmagoric thrill ride filled with stunning set pieces and characters that spring from our deepest nightmares. It will have readers of both thrillers and horror hanging on by their fingernails until the final word. In Hell, hope is your worst enemy. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Drawing loosely on Dante's Inferno and a bit of Pilgrim's Progress, with a health dose of Good Omens, this story is about a detective, or Information Man, whose job it is to investigate murders in Hell for the Bureaucracy. A strange murder just at the start of a delegates' visit from Heaven starts Thomas Fool investigating, and that murder soon becomes a whole string of them, caused by a mysterious serial killer who doesn't seem to fit any profile Fool knows. I love the way Hell is depicted, and the fire-and-brimstones fan Balthazar, a visiting angel who is constantly annoyed and impatient at the seemingly nice, pleasant state Hell has become.I hope this is the first in a series, because it certainly seems to lend itself to at least a sequel. ( )