| Mystery Girl Contributor(s): Gordon, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477800794 ISBN-13: 9781477800799 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Thrillers - General |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.7" (1.10 lbs) 314 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Sam Kornberg's wife, Lala, walks out on him, he's an unemployed used-book store clerk and failed experimental novelist with a broken heart. Desperate to win her back, he takes a job as assistant detective to the enigmatic Solar Lonsky, a private eye who might be an eccentric and morbid genius or just a morbidly obese madman. It's a simple tail job, following a beautiful and mysterious lady around L.A., but Sam soon finds himself helplessly falling for his quarry and hopelessly entangled in a murder case involving Satanists, succubi, underground filmmakers, Hollywood bigshots, Mexican shootouts, video-store geekery, and sexy doppelgangers from beyond the grave. A case that highlights the risks of hardcore reading and mourns the death of the novel--or perhaps just the decline of Western civilization. Mystery Girl is a thriller about the dangers of marriage and a detective story about the unsolvable mysteries of love, art, and other people. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gordon, David: - David Gordon was born in New York City. He attended Sarah Lawrence College and holds an MA in English and comparative literature and an MFA in writing, both from Columbia University. His first novel, The Serialist, won the VCU Cabell First Novel Award and was a finalist for an Edgar Award. It was also the first novel to win all three major foreign mystery awards in Japan, where it is currently being made into a film. His stories have appeared in the Paris Review, Fence, and elsewhere. He has worked in film, fashion, publishing, and pornography. |