My Criminal World - Couverture souple

Sutton, Henry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099578565 ISBN 13 : 9780099578567

Editeur : Vintage, 2014

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"My Criminal World by Henry Sutton is sombre fun in which a crime novelist finds his new project almost as hard-going as his marriage until murder intrudes and provides him with fresh impetus. Sutton clearly knows crime fiction and its practitioners and it shows in this wry dissection" (Ian Rankin)

"Hilarious... A double-dealing mystery that screams success" (Mark Sanderson Sunday Telegraph)

"The meta-novel for crime fiction lovers, boasting two intertwined mysteries and an unnervingly insightful trip through the mind of a thriller writer: the obsession, the inspiration, the insecurities, and the compulsion to turn every last experience into plot" (Christopher Brookmyre)

"If Patricia Cornwall and Martin Amis had a book together it would look just like My Criminal World - a wickedly funny novel that dances on the razor-thin line between entertainment and art, crime and punishment... As funny as all hell and as blood-pumping as any thriller, My Criminal World is a love letter to crime fiction" (Tony Parsons)

"Sutton brilliantly lays bare the life of a desperate writer, lifts the lid on the murky world of crime fiction and throws in a damn good mystery to boot" (Mark Billingham)

Quatrième de couverture :

In awe of his academic wife, patronised by her colleagues and living in constant fear that his editor might drop him in favour of the next new talent, struggling crime writer David Slavitt juggles house work and child care alongside plot twists and character development.

But as his wife grows increasingly distant and his agent insists that his new book needs more violence - a lot more violence - David is getting worried. He needs to do something if he is to save his career, and his marriage. But just how far is this most mild mannered of crime writers prepared to go? And who is the person really pulling the strings in this story? In this clever literary crime novel, there is more than one mystery to be solved.

'The meta-novel for crime fiction lovers, boasting two intertwined mysteries and an unnervingly insightful trip through the mind of a thriller writer: the obsession, the inspiration, the insecurities, and the compulsion to turn every last experience into plot.' Christopher Brookmyre

'An all-consuming autopsy of crime writing and crime reading. Confirms what readers suspect and writers drink over. Disgusting and hilarious at the same time' Denise Mina

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0099578565
• ISBN 13: 9780099578567
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288