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| Title | : | The Contortionist's Handbook |
| Author | : | Craig Clevenger |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 199 pages |
| Published | : | September 24th 2003 by MacAdam/Cage Publishing (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Contemporary. Mystery. Noir. Crime |
Craig Clevenger
Paperback | Pages: 199 pages Rating: 3.93 | 10414 Users | 482 Reviews
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John Vincent Dolan is a talented young forger with a proclivity for mathematics and drug addiction. In the face of his impending institutionalization, he continually reinvents himself to escape the legal and mental health authorities and to save himself from a life of incarceration. But running turns out to be costly. Vincent's clients in the L.A. underworld lose patience, the hospital evaluator may not be fooled by his story, and the only person in as much danger as himself is the woman who knows his real name.
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| Original Title: | The Contortionist's Handbook |
| ISBN: | 1931561486 (ISBN13: 9781931561488) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.93 From 10414 Users | 482 ReviewsCommentary Of Books The Contortionist's Handbook
This book was great for the first 85%. The author is impeccable in his precision, his ability to drive home the idea of a character so fanatical about staying under the radar of police and institutions that they obsess over every detail of an identity. In fact, this book is essentially a character study of an individual who is simply unable to fit in with society, who has a deep mistrust for institutions which a privileged person considers "helpful" and who is constantly bobbing and weaving inIt's a good thing I didn't know about Palahniuk's praise of this neat little story before I started reading it, or it may have passed (gotten shoved) under my radar. Come to think of it, I hope I haven't prematurely spoiled any potential entertainment for you, assuming you're like me in that you hear "praise from Chuck Palahniuk!" and it sounds like "Ewww, taste this." No. Ignore that madness. This is a really strong first novel about a master document forger in the 1980's whose skills were
I was a bit hesitant to read this book when I heard that Chuck Palahniuk had praised it rather readily. As much as I like Palahniuk as a person, his experimental writings can get a bit old after a while and I'm not much for the shock literature that he is known for any longer. Nonetheless, this book intrigued me and has been lurking around the outskirts of my mind as a must-read for far too long now. My own curiosity, and my friend Sasha's high rating, eventually combined to finally get me to
Very interesting book. John Vincent isn't a contortionist in a traditional i.e. jacket photo way, but he does contort himself inside different identities every 6 months or so. This book is really more of a identity thief/forger handbook and the author goes into frightening amount of detail on the subject. It's the sort of book I wasn't sure I liked very much until the very end and then it became apparent that this story is genuinely different and the character is thoroughly original, things I
Craig Clevenger could have let the reader in a little sooner. You know, trusted us just a little bit more. And I'm not going to spoil it for anybody, but a little more meat at the end as well would have helped - but hell man, The Contortionist's Handbook absolutely kills. A minute into it I was caught up and I never let go. A really good friend told me to read this book, he even loaned me his signed copy. He said, "read this, you'll love it." He was right.
I liked this a bunch. Very Palahniuk-esque, without the feeling that the author loathes me.
I took up this book because it was supposed to be a good example of neo-noir genre, which I am currently interested in. And furthermore I read so many five-star reviews on it and even Palahniuk's praise. Well, now I feel I've been cheated.I really don't like criticizing. I liked the opening, the first couple of chapters were intriguing and promising, but then Mr Clevenger, you lost me. I kept reading till the end out of the respect of an author's work and in hope that the ending would finally
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