I wrote a lengthy post seeing how much of Bateman’s New York of the 1980s still exists today (very little, for better or worse).įashion model Alison moves into a creepy Upper West Side brownstone and quickly becomes annoyed with her bizarre neighbors…That is, until she learns she lives alone in the building, save for a blind priest on the top floor. Unfortunately, to Bateman’s dismay, no one seems to notice either identity, and so he delves deeper into his depraved world… Even if you’ve seen the movie version a million times like I have, it’s absolutely worth a read, if only for the slightly different ending…Įxquisitely-dressed and well-manicured Patrick Bateman lives a dual life: Wall Street banker by day, homicidal psychopath by night. I just read Rosemary’s Baby for the first time, and was blown away by how perfectly precise Levin’s novel is, from prose to character to plotting. But a series of strange incidents leads her to believe her seemingly harmless neighbors might be plotting something devilish for her baby… Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband Guy move into the infamous Bramford apartment building on the Upper West Side, and she soon becomes pregnant. I’m sure I’ve forgotten some obvious ones – just remind me in the comments and I’ll add it to the list. With Halloween just around the corner, I figured it’s the perfect time to put together a list of the best horror fiction set in New York City.
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Beyond that, I couldn't tell you very much about it, since I haven't read it yet. I'm also pleased to note that, as every good French book should, The Immoralist caused a scandal on first publication in 1902. I read it a long time ago, but forsook my copy in a sacrificial book purge which I still regret to this day."Īny book that causes such long-term regret must have something going for it. From a selfish point of view – I've just bought a new copy as one of my 10 Bloomsbook purchases, made to celebrate Bloomsday. The book was nominated by Dylanwolf, who wrote: It's back to the serious business of reading – and a book by a Nobel prize-winning literary heavyweight, no less. Mes camarades! Le chapeau a choisi qu'on va lire L'Immoraliste par André Gide! Pretty exciting n'est ce pas? And that's pretty much all the bad French you'll get from me this month. 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The main plot was a satisfying conclusion to the story. Allison has a very poetic, lyrical language, and is master of bringing her thoughts to life. Her libretto for Mayakovsky, score by Michael Smetanin, was shortlisted in the Drama Prize for the 2015 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. She also writes opera libretti, and the opera she co-wrote with Iain Grandage was Vocal/Choral Work of the Year in the 2015 Art Music Awards. As a critic she was named Geraldine Pascall Critic of the Year in 2009. She is a prize-winning poet and theatre critic, and has released seven collections of poems. Other fantasy titles include Black Spring (shortlisted for the Young People's Writing Award in the 2014 NSW Premier's Literary Awards) and The River and the Book, winner of the Wilderness Society's prize for Environmental Writing for Children. Her latest Pellinor book, The Bone Queen, was a 2016 Aurealis Awards Best Young Adult Book finalist. Her most recent book is Fleshers, the first in a dazzling new SF series co-written with her husband, acclaimed playwright Daniel Keene. You can sign up to her monthly newsletter and receive a free Pellinor story at Alison Croggon is the award winning author of the acclaimed fantasy series The Books of Pellinor. Wrong becomes right at the hands of the man who strikes fear, but also sparks passion. At the center of the dispute is a desperate young woman whom Emory can't turn her back on, even if it means breaking the law. Unexpectedly, however, the two have a dangerous encounter with people who adhere to a code of justice all their own. She's determined to escape him, and willing to take any risks necessary to survive. While police suspect Jeff of "instant divorce," Emory, suffering from an unexplained head injury, regains consciousness and finds herself the captive of a man whose violent past is so dark that he won't even tell her his name. Fog and ice encapsulate the mountainous wilderness and paralyze the search for her. By the time her husband Jeff, miffed over a recent argument, reports her missing, the trail has grown cold. Emory Charbonneau, a pediatrician and marathon runner, disappears on a mountain road in North Carolina. Description: From #1 New York Times best-selling author Sandra Brown comes a heart-pounding story of survival, that takes the age-old question, "Does the end justify the means?" and turns it on its head. Heinlein was imaginative and brilliant but some of his viewpoints about free love, incest, etc., were pretty screwy. Introduce time travel and a paradox or three and you've got a short story guaranteed to make your brain whirl. It turns out the guy at the bar is intersex (born with both sex organs, raised as a woman but now a man). The two men talk of many things: writing "true confession" stories, love lives, cads who love em' and leave em'. The barkeep is actually a "temporal agent." (What that means is revealed over the course of the story.) (Hah.) He gets into a conversation with the bartender, who wears a ring shaped like the worm Ouroboros. Jeez, it's like I'm talking to myself here.Ī man walks into a bar. Son, you're saying it doesn't matter if they're all you? Well Dad, I was starting to wonder about it too. They've been heinleinin' you, each and every one of them. Look son, you think you're a big hit with the ladies. Three times if the guy watching us is who I think he is. And remember, you're going to enjoy it twice. Why, you heinleining little bitch! I should put you over my knee and spank you! Inspired by Ivonne's new word, I present a couple of extracts from All You Heinleiners, which I am reliably informed will be the big indie hit of 2021: Why does the English language still not contain a word meaning "to have sex with an earlier or later version of yourself, using a time machine"? I'm baffled. |