Describe About Books The Executor
| Title | : | The Executor |
| Author | : | Jesse Kellerman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2010 by G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Mystery. Crime. Thriller. Suspense |
Jesse Kellerman
Hardcover | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.24 | 1291 Users | 252 Reviews
Commentary In Pursuance Of Books The Executor
A masterful, inventive thriller from a remarkably assured and always surprising young writer.
Perpetual graduate student Joseph Geist is at his wit's end. Recently kicked out of their shared apartment by his girlfriend, he's left with little more than a half bust of Nietzsche's head and the realization that he's homeless and unemployed. He's hit a dead end on his dissertation; his funding has been cut off. He doesn't even have a phone. Desperate for some source of income, he searches the local newspaper and finds a curious ad:
CONVERSATIONALIST SOUGHT.
SERIOUS APPLICANTS ONLY.
PLEASE CALL 617-XXX-XXXX
BETWEEN SEVEN A.M. AND TWO P.M.
NO SOLICITORS.
And so Joseph meets Alma Spielman: a woman who, with her old-world ways and razor-sharp mind, is his intellectual soul mate. How is he to know that what seems to be the best decision of his life is the one that seals his fate?
Perpetual graduate student Joseph Geist is at his wit's end. Recently kicked out of their shared apartment by his girlfriend, he's left with little more than a half bust of Nietzsche's head and the realization that he's homeless and unemployed. He's hit a dead end on his dissertation; his funding has been cut off. He doesn't even have a phone. Desperate for some source of income, he searches the local newspaper and finds a curious ad:
CONVERSATIONALIST SOUGHT.
SERIOUS APPLICANTS ONLY.
PLEASE CALL 617-XXX-XXXX
BETWEEN SEVEN A.M. AND TWO P.M.
NO SOLICITORS.
And so Joseph meets Alma Spielman: a woman who, with her old-world ways and razor-sharp mind, is his intellectual soul mate. How is he to know that what seems to be the best decision of his life is the one that seals his fate?
Details Books In Favor Of The Executor
| Original Title: | The Executor |
| ISBN: | 039915647X (ISBN13: 9780399156472) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating About Books The Executor
Ratings: 3.24 From 1291 Users | 252 ReviewsCrit About Books The Executor
I love all the Kellerman's and Jesse is really becoming one of my favorites. This book is very unique, very taut, cautionary tale. I read it in just about 2 days. I couldn't put it down. This book is a little different from the usual thriller and I think that's what really had me sucked in, because it wasn't too predictable. You didn't know who to trust.I think a lot of Goodreads reviewers expected this to be a conventional thriller or mystery, like the ones written by Jesse's famous dad, and not surprisingly they were disappointed. It's actually a dark, moody character study, and if I had to compare it somebody it would Ruth Rendell at her creepiest. With a little Poe, Dostoevsky, and Tarantino mixed in. It builds slowly, but I read the last 200 pages in one gulp, finishing at 11:45 at night (and my friends will know how bizarre THAT is).
----- spoiler alert ------- dont read before having read the book. Fascinating how the author was able to mix philosophy into the recipe of this dark thriller, as a tool to create a fictional person who is hyper-rationalizing the reality around him. Which is the mistake that the purely philosophical approach to reality always makes: putting all the emphasis on rationality, and therefore missing a huge chunk of life and failing to respect the deep, emotional side of being human. That mistake
Interesting set up: boy from impoverished rural background makes it out, gets into Harvard, and prevails...but then hits a dead end. Looking for a job, he answers an add for someone to engage in conversation. Answering the add, he meets a little old lady, who lives alone in a giant mansion filled with antiques and invaluable paintings and....books: a library o make any book lover's hears swoon. He quickly moves in, only to discover that the old lady is very ill with a mysterious incurable
The book was just OK in my opinion and not a patch on his previous 'The Brutal Art' The blurb states that Mr Kellerman has a degree in Psychology and he likes to let you know with pages of ramblings taken probably from his dissertation. The story is that of an ill fitted Psychology student who after years of non-show in his work is not only kicked out by his girlfriend, but is also kicked out of college.He takes a chance on an advert in the student press for a 'conversationalist' and eventually
This was a very fast paced suspense thriller. It grabbed me from the first pages. Nothing seems to be going right for graduate student Joseph Geist. His girlfriend kicked him out his thesis is going nowhere and he,s lost all his funding. Desperate to make some money. He responds to a mysterious ad placed in the campus newspaper. When he meets the elderly placer of the ad, Alma Spielman, he believes he has found a kindred spirit and when she asks him to move in, Joseph is determined to hold onto
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