Craig Clevenger
Paperback | Pages: 199 pages Rating: 3.93 | 10414 Users | 482 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Contortionist's Handbook |
| Author | : | Craig Clevenger |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 199 pages |
| Published | : | September 24th 2003 by MacAdam/Cage Publishing (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Contemporary. Mystery. Noir. Crime |
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John Vincent Dolan is a talented young forger with a proclivity for mathematics and drug addiction. In the face of his impending institutionalization, he continually reinvents himself to escape the legal and mental health authorities and to save himself from a life of incarceration. But running turns out to be costly. Vincent's clients in the L.A. underworld lose patience, the hospital evaluator may not be fooled by his story, and the only person in as much danger as himself is the woman who knows his real name.List Books During The Contortionist's Handbook
| Original Title: | The Contortionist's Handbook |
| ISBN: | 1931561486 (ISBN13: 9781931561488) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.93 From 10414 Users | 482 ReviewsJudgment Regarding Books The Contortionist's Handbook
Very interesting book. John Vincent isn't a contortionist in a traditional i.e. jacket photo way, but he does contort himself inside different identities every 6 months or so. This book is really more of a identity thief/forger handbook and the author goes into frightening amount of detail on the subject. It's the sort of book I wasn't sure I liked very much until the very end and then it became apparent that this story is genuinely different and the character is thoroughly original, things IDon't get me wrong, this is a thoroughly enjoyable book. But, given the lavish praise from the pantheon of twisted, dark literature -- Chuck Palahniuk and Irvine Welsh -- I expected it would blow my mind. That didn't quite happen.Written as memoir that ping-pongs between the present and the past, the book focuses on John Dolan Vincent, a polydactyl, forger and spacial math brainiac, whose tendency to self-medicate his debilitating "godsplitter" headaches always keep him one step away from
This book was great for the first 85%. The author is impeccable in his precision, his ability to drive home the idea of a character so fanatical about staying under the radar of police and institutions that they obsess over every detail of an identity. In fact, this book is essentially a character study of an individual who is simply unable to fit in with society, who has a deep mistrust for institutions which a privileged person considers "helpful" and who is constantly bobbing and weaving in
I liked this a bunch. Very Palahniuk-esque, without the feeling that the author loathes me.
Craig Clevengers The Contortionists Handbook is a lean read with infectious language, but it feels like most of the tension also got cut.The novel is told from the perspective of John Dolan Vincent, a brilliant six-fingered forger who has spent his life moving between identities. Vincent gets monstrous headachesgodsplitters he calls themand a near-fatal overdose pits him against a psychiatric evaluator to avoid being institutionalized. Vincent tells the reader his true story, including when hes
I dont know when, where or why I picked this one up, but I have had it sitting around for a long time. I didnt read the synopsis or any reviews either. I just picked it up one day and started reading. Glad I did. It was surprisingly intelligent. Especially for a debut novel. The writing was clean and had some bite to it here and there. The characterization is what made it though. Very well done. A solid 4+ Stars.
Goodreads tells me that I've read 662 books so far. And it's safe to say that I haven't read anything like this one ever in my life. :') Talk about having your brain blown to bits because so much awesomeness.
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