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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I really wanted to like this book but the writing style just didn't grab me and I found it rather confusing. I plan to try reading it again in the future to see if my mind can be changed. ( )This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. An easy, entertaining, amusing read. Enough fun to be worth its time.Imagine the sort of murder mystery story where there's an obvious red-handed suspect but an author-friend who can't believe it and just has to investigate anyway, perhaps a bit of Murder She Wrote or similar, and then mix in a whole lot of off-the-cuff random wackiness that often feel like touches of Airplane or The Naked Gun or any random Mel Brooks movie moment, and you'll be in roughly the right neighborhood in describing how The Awful Truth About The Herbert Quarry Affair plays out. If that sounds even slightly possibly amusing to you, you'll probably have fun with this. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Disclaimer: I received this book as an ARC via LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. No compensation was received other than the chance to read this work.Brief summary: This is a mystery novel that its writer means to break the mold with. Literally. In an attempt to be a writer the same way Jackson Pollock was a painter, the writer chooses not to think while writing about his investigation into the murder his friend, Herbert Quarry, is accused of. This book had good pacing, and was an engaging read. Some readers might be put off by the writing style, which chooses to take the reader along as if they are part of the thought journey rather than a disinterested party. Breaking the fourth wall, plenty of satire, and some self-deprecation aimed at the author are spread throughout the work. This would be a different sort of summer read, but one that may interest readers. Recommended for those who enjoy the works of Jasper Fforde, Lemony Snicket and sly humor such as P.G. Wodehouse. no reviews | add a review
"TV personality Marco Ocram is the world's only self-penned character, writing his life in real time as you read it. Marco's celebrity mentor, Herbert Quarry, grooms him to be the Jackson Pollock of literature, teaching him to splatter words on a page without thought or revision. Quarry's plan backfires when imbecilic Marco begins to type his first thought-free book: it's a murder mystery--and Herbert's caught red-handed by the butchered body of his lover. Now Marco must write himself into a crusade to clear his friend's name. Typing the first words that come into his head, Marco unleashes a phantasmagorical catalogue of twists in his pursuit of justice, writing the world's fastest-selling book to reveal the awful truth about the Herbert Quarry affair."--amazon.com No library descriptions found. |
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