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Lädt ... The Skin Palace (1996)von Jack O'Connell
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Jack O'Connell is the future of the dark literary suspense novel' - James Ellroy This dazzling new novel from the author of 'Word Made Flesh,' 'Wireless' and 'Box Nine' is, like them, set amid the post industrial decay of the town of Quinsigamond. A harrowing and ecstatic descent into a breathtaking netherworld aswirl with the real, the imagined and the absolutely unforgettable, it makes it clear why O'Connell has been compared with both Brett Easton Ellis and David Lynch. A surrealistic noir epic.' Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Jakob is the son of Hermann, one of the up & coming crime bosses located in the Bangkok Park area of the city, isn't too interested in following in his father's footsteps. He'd much rather work on his screenplay and try and get into the film business. Any chance he gets to talk film with anyone with a scrap of knowledge he takes much to the annoyance of his father. His cousin is also none too pleased with Jakob either as he feels he should be the natural heir but the father always defers to his only son on that score despite the obvious disinterest. So it comes as a bit of a surprise to all when a prospective deal to provide funding for the latest project of Hugo Schick, owner of the country's most lavish porn theatre, Herzog's Erotic Palace aka The Skin Palace. Jakob's going to get hired as part of the deal.
Can the two would-be artists find what they're looking for and why do so many of the answers surround this den of iniquity? This is the more overtly noir tinged of the three books in this series so far and often pays homage to some of the great movies and directors of the genre. I certainly wouldn't hesitate to recommend these books to fans of James Ellroy and the like. I should add a warning that if you read this book then your view of The Wizard of Oz may suffer as a consequence. 4★'s ( )