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This Letter to Norman Court (Trevor English #1)

von Pablo D'Stair

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When petty crook Trevor English is offered two thousand dollars to deliver a letter across the country, the choice seems fairly simple--money up front, no way he can go wrong. And when he finds himself in possession of correspondence several parties would pay to get their hands on, the choice seems even simpler--take what he can, while he can, from who he can...and disappear. this letter to Norman Court is the first installment in Pablo D'Stair's five-novella Trevor English cycle. Praise for the books by Pablo D'Stair: "D'Stair is clearly a master. Likely Jean Patrick Manchette reincarnated..." --Matt Phillips, author of Countdown and The Bad Kind of Lucky "Somehow again and again you're drawn in...you get used to the book's rhythm and follow it because the work is obsessive. We find ourselves in a languid kind of suspense, bracing ourselves..." --Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho "Pablo D'Stair doesn't just write like a house afire, he writes like the whole city's burning, and these words he's putting on the page are the thing that can save us all." --Stephen Graham Jones, Bram Stoker Award-winner "Pablo D'Stair is defining the new writer and the new film maker]. D'Stair's late realism needs to be included in any examination of the condition of the novel." --Tony Burgess, award-winning author/screenwriter "Like Kerouac before him, I felt there was one roll of paper on which the story was typed. And there's a rhythm behind it. Not the speedy bop of jazz this time, more an urban dubstep. Shadows and edges becoming audible." --Nigel Bird, author of Smoke… (mehr)
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I hate giving up on books, but I had to stop reading this one. It never grabbed my interest, and I just couldn't get past the first few chapters. With so many good books out there, I don't want to waste my time trying to get through this one. ( )
  readingover50 | Jun 11, 2019 |
This first of five novellas about petty crook Trevor English was one of the worst works of literature I have ever read. Not only is the entire thing lacking any kind of sentence or chapter structure, the grammar is painful to read through.

One reason many people enjoy books is the characters and how the author presents them and their personal growth and how much the reader can connect and enjoy the character. This Letter to Norman Court, however, had absolutely no likable characters. Trevor English is a pickpocket living life on the outskirts of society and barely getting by crashing on couches and lifting wallets. When he is offered two thousand dollars to deliver an incriminating letter, he takes advantage of the situation to make even more money by ruining lives of everyone involved in the letter. When his scheme begins crumbling around him, I found myself hoping and praying the cops would get him, because a person like that, even a fictitious one, deserves nothing less. Not only is the main protagonist is a miserable low-life, all the people he meets along his journeys have some hidden agenda or secret to hide.

Although pretty short, it was difficult for me to read through this mind-numbingly ridiculous novella. I give "This Letter to Norman Court" one of five stars, merely for the author's brave attempt at writing something another person may want to read. But that person is not me. ( )
  StephaniePetty | Nov 17, 2011 |
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When petty crook Trevor English is offered two thousand dollars to deliver a letter across the country, the choice seems fairly simple--money up front, no way he can go wrong. And when he finds himself in possession of correspondence several parties would pay to get their hands on, the choice seems even simpler--take what he can, while he can, from who he can...and disappear. this letter to Norman Court is the first installment in Pablo D'Stair's five-novella Trevor English cycle. Praise for the books by Pablo D'Stair: "D'Stair is clearly a master. Likely Jean Patrick Manchette reincarnated..." --Matt Phillips, author of Countdown and The Bad Kind of Lucky "Somehow again and again you're drawn in...you get used to the book's rhythm and follow it because the work is obsessive. We find ourselves in a languid kind of suspense, bracing ourselves..." --Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho "Pablo D'Stair doesn't just write like a house afire, he writes like the whole city's burning, and these words he's putting on the page are the thing that can save us all." --Stephen Graham Jones, Bram Stoker Award-winner "Pablo D'Stair is defining the new writer and the new film maker]. D'Stair's late realism needs to be included in any examination of the condition of the novel." --Tony Burgess, award-winning author/screenwriter "Like Kerouac before him, I felt there was one roll of paper on which the story was typed. And there's a rhythm behind it. Not the speedy bop of jazz this time, more an urban dubstep. Shadows and edges becoming audible." --Nigel Bird, author of Smoke

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