High Life - Softcover

Stokoe, Matthew

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ISBN 10: 098745367X ISBN 13: 9780987453679

Publisher: Matthew Stokoe, 2018

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Hollywood. The City of Dreams at the end of the nineties. Jack has one ambition – to get famous. He doesn’t care how. He just wants to be like the people he sees in tabloid magazines and on TV: Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Tom and Nicole, Arnie, Bruce, Sly.... But the desire for fame has a dark side and he finds himself in a world of drugs and crime, whores, snuff shows, incest, deceit and despair. When his wife is found dead – murdered and disemboweled – and the search for her killer leads him to the femme fatale of all femmes fatales, he sees a chance to make his dreams of money and fame come true. But the City of Dreams can also be the City of Nightmares and it’s going to be a long, dark ride before Jack wakes up.

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"Stokoe'sin-your-face prose and raw, unnerving scenes give way to a skillfully plottedtale that will keep readers glued to the page..."
Publisher's Weekly

"One of the mostunstinting, imaginative, brutal, and original contemporary novels ever writtenabout the punishments that come with the prioritization of fame..."
Dennis Cooper

"High Life isperhaps the greatest neglected masterpiece of true noir. I've never readanything like it before or since." "Chandler on heroin, Hammet on crack, JamesM. Cain with a blowtorch..."
Ken Bruen

"Stokoeproves himself a worthy heir to the great tradition of California noir. Brutaland unflinching in its depiction of violence and sex, his book is like anunholy hybrid of Raymond Chandler's best work and Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho."
Henry Flesh

Hollywood. The City of Dreams at the end of the nineties.Jack has one ambition - to get famous. He doesn't care how. He just wants to belike the people he sees in tabloid magazines and on TV: Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp,Tom and Nicole, Arnie, Bruce, Sly.... But the desire for fame has a dark sideand he finds himself in a world of drugs and crime, whores, snuff shows, incest,deceit and despair. When his wife is found dead - murdered and disemboweled - andthe search for her killer leads him to the femme fatale of all femmes fatales,he sees a chance to make his dreams of money and fame come true. But the Cityof Dreams can also be the City of Nightmares and it's going to be a long, darkride before Jack wakes up.

About the Author:

Matthew Stokoe is a novelist whose work has beentranslated into French, Spanish, Russian and German. In 2014 his third novel, Empty Mile, was nominated for the Grand Prix de Litt�rature Polici�re -France's most prestigious award for crime and mystery writing. He lives withhis wife in Sydney, Australia. His books are available through Amazon.

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