Jack of Spades: A Tale of Suspense
4 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Jannike from -- wild release somewhere in Oslo, Oslo fylke Norway on Saturday, October 15, 2016
From Amazon:
From Joyce Carol Oates, an exquisite, psychologically complex thriller about opposing forces within the mind of one ambitious writer and the delicate line between genius and madness.
Andrew J. Rush has achieved the kind of critical and commercial success most authors only dream about: He has a top agent and publisher in New York, and his twenty-eight mystery novels have sold millions of copies. Only Stephen King, one of the few mystery writers whose fame exceeds his own, is capable of inspiring a twinge of envy in Rush. But Rush is hiding a dark secret. Under the pseudonym "Jack of Spades," he pens another string of novels—noir thrillers that are violent, lurid, masochistic. These are novels that the upstanding Rush wouldn't be caught reading, let alone writing. When his daughter comes across a Jack of Spades novel he has carelessly left out, she picks it up and begins to ask questions. Meanwhile, Rush receives a court summons in the mail explaining that a local woman has accused him of plagiarizing her own self-published fiction. Before long, Rush's reputation, career, and family life all come under threat—and in his mind he begins to hear the taunting voice of the Jack of Spades.
From Joyce Carol Oates, an exquisite, psychologically complex thriller about opposing forces within the mind of one ambitious writer and the delicate line between genius and madness.
Andrew J. Rush has achieved the kind of critical and commercial success most authors only dream about: He has a top agent and publisher in New York, and his twenty-eight mystery novels have sold millions of copies. Only Stephen King, one of the few mystery writers whose fame exceeds his own, is capable of inspiring a twinge of envy in Rush. But Rush is hiding a dark secret. Under the pseudonym "Jack of Spades," he pens another string of novels—noir thrillers that are violent, lurid, masochistic. These are novels that the upstanding Rush wouldn't be caught reading, let alone writing. When his daughter comes across a Jack of Spades novel he has carelessly left out, she picks it up and begins to ask questions. Meanwhile, Rush receives a court summons in the mail explaining that a local woman has accused him of plagiarizing her own self-published fiction. Before long, Rush's reputation, career, and family life all come under threat—and in his mind he begins to hear the taunting voice of the Jack of Spades.
Journal Entry 2 by Jannike at -- By post or by hand/ in person, RABCK , bookring/ray, Oslo fylke Norway on Saturday, October 15, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (10/15/2016 UTC) at -- By post or by hand/ in person, RABCK , bookring/ray, Oslo fylke Norway
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The book is travelling by post to a fellow BooKCrosser as a part av an alphabet-game. The book title starts with the letter "J".
Hope you will enjoy it!
Hope you will enjoy it!
Tack! Den här har jag inte läst. Ser fram emot den!
Read it some time ago but forgot to make a journal entry. I have never really liked any of the books I read written by Oates. But this one was a bit different and I enjoyed it!
Picked from a VBB
Journal Entry 6 by Diane-Fraser at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Saturday, October 22, 2022
Received. Thank you 😊
Finished reading yesterday. Another weird and wonderful story from this author 22.10.23
Finished reading yesterday. Another weird and wonderful story from this author 22.10.23
Released 5 mos ago (10/22/2023 UTC) at Durham, County Durham United Kingdom
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Passed to me at the Old Gang Durham meetup.