The Skin Palace by Jack O'connell
A harrowing and ecstatic descent into a breathtaking netherworld aswirl with the real, the imagined and the absolutely unforgettable. Amid the post industrial decay of Quinsigamond glitters a fabulous jewel - Herzog's Erotic Palace - America's most lavish porn theatre and a gangland laundry for semi-sour cash. But most of all, Herzog's...
One of the best novels about film I have come across, a tortuous and tortured tale about Quinsigamond's surviving cinema -- Maxim Jakubowski * Guardian *
Mesmerizing..light-years away from your garden-variety thriller. The Skin Palace may remind you of Blade Runner or the novels of William Gibson, but O'Connell has his own dazzling tale to tell...Wickedly clever * Seattle Times *
It's a measure of O'Connell's immense talent that, while creating his absolutely original and hyperbolic world, he also paints a striking vision of the haunting ways in which life and art mirror each other * Publishers Weekly *
the sheer chutzpah of his enterprise sweeps you in -- Michael Carlson * Crime Time *
as original and microscopically etched as a thumbprint * Kirkus Reviews *
Mesmerizing..light-years away from your garden-variety thriller. The Skin Palace may remind you of Blade Runner or the novels of William Gibson, but O'Connell has his own dazzling tale to tell...Wickedly clever * Seattle Times *
It's a measure of O'Connell's immense talent that, while creating his absolutely original and hyperbolic world, he also paints a striking vision of the haunting ways in which life and art mirror each other * Publishers Weekly *
the sheer chutzpah of his enterprise sweeps you in -- Michael Carlson * Crime Time *
as original and microscopically etched as a thumbprint * Kirkus Reviews *
Jack O'Connell is the author of five critically acclaimed novels, which have earned him something of a cult status. He won the Mysterious Press Discovery Contest for the Best First Crime Novel for Box Nine, which launched his career. This and his other novels Wireless, The Skin Palace, Word Made Flesh and The Resurrectionist are all published by No Exit Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843446514 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843446510 |
| Title | The Skin Palace |
| Author | Jack O'connell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Year published | 2016-02-25 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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