- Paperback: 194 pages
- Publisher: Outskirts Press (12 Jan 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1432752480
- ISBN-13: 978-1432752484
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 12.6 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 945,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Extremely witty and clever writing that contains keen insights into human nature. --California Chronicle
The antics in this book will leave the reader laughing. Graham Parke is a genius. --Reader's Favorite
A quick and unputdownable read that flies in the face of reason, and smashes against the wall of detective novels. It's a Coens Brothers' film formatted in book form. --Book Review
A very funny book; a veritable page turner of nonstop laughs. Buy a copy and find out for yourself!
--Reader Views
The antics in this book will leave the reader laughing. Graham Parke is a genius. --Reader's Favorite
A quick and unputdownable read that flies in the face of reason, and smashes against the wall of detective novels. It's a Coens Brothers' film formatted in book form. --Book Review
A very funny book; a veritable page turner of nonstop laughs. Buy a copy and find out for yourself!
--Reader Views
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It's the age-old tale:
Boy meets girl.
Boy stalks girl.
Girl already has a stalker.
Boy becomes her stalker-stalker.
We've seen it all before, many times, but this time it's different. If only slightly. When Gomez Porter becomes a test subject in an experimental drug trial, he is asked to keep track of any strange experiences through a blog. What Gomez isn't ready for, is so many of his experiences suddenly seeming strange; the antiques dealer trying to buy his old tax papers, his neighbor boiling salamanders on his balcony at midnight, the super sexy lab assistant who falls for him but is unable to express herself in terms outside the realm of science. But when one of the trial participants turns up dead and another goes missing, Gomez begins to fear for his life. No longer sure who he can trust and which of his experiences are real and which merely drug induced illusions, he decides it%u2019s time to go underground and work out a devious plan.
Now, years later, his blogs have been recovered from a defunct server. For the first time we can find out firsthand what happened to Gomez as he takes us on a wild ride of discovery.
Boy meets girl.
Boy stalks girl.
Girl already has a stalker.
Boy becomes her stalker-stalker.
We've seen it all before, many times, but this time it's different. If only slightly. When Gomez Porter becomes a test subject in an experimental drug trial, he is asked to keep track of any strange experiences through a blog. What Gomez isn't ready for, is so many of his experiences suddenly seeming strange; the antiques dealer trying to buy his old tax papers, his neighbor boiling salamanders on his balcony at midnight, the super sexy lab assistant who falls for him but is unable to express herself in terms outside the realm of science. But when one of the trial participants turns up dead and another goes missing, Gomez begins to fear for his life. No longer sure who he can trust and which of his experiences are real and which merely drug induced illusions, he decides it%u2019s time to go underground and work out a devious plan.
Now, years later, his blogs have been recovered from a defunct server. For the first time we can find out firsthand what happened to Gomez as he takes us on a wild ride of discovery.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've followed this writer on the net for a while now, waiting impatiently for some longer works. This debut novel does not disappoint. As with his shorter fiction, this tale is drenched in razor sharp humor and filled with odd little ways of looking at things.
Often when promising short story writers attempt to graduate to novel length works, they fall for the inevitable pitfalls; the humour dries up too early or becomes repetitive, the story feels drawn out and padded with unnecessary scenes, but not so with Mr. Parke. He sails over this hurdle with wonderful ease; this story is gripping from the start while the humor is sharp yet unobtrusive.
The only downside to this kind of writing is having to wait so long to get more.
Often when promising short story writers attempt to graduate to novel length works, they fall for the inevitable pitfalls; the humour dries up too early or becomes repetitive, the story feels drawn out and padded with unnecessary scenes, but not so with Mr. Parke. He sails over this hurdle with wonderful ease; this story is gripping from the start while the humor is sharp yet unobtrusive.
The only downside to this kind of writing is having to wait so long to get more.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
GP stands for Gomez Porter, the hero (so to speak) of this very engaging short novel, and it also stands for guinea pig. It is not giving the plot away to say that Gomez, the feckless owner of a struggling little antiques business, volunteers for a programme of testing unspecified drugs just to help pay his bills. This turns out to be dangerous, but the danger is not what Gomez expected it to be, nor what I expected it to be either, and I would be rather surprised if many readers guess the outcome correctly. This is an attractive story in a number of ways, one of these being how neatly the plot is worked out. GP also stands, quite obviously, for Graham Parke, the book's author, and while this is obviously not coincidence I have no idea exactly what link we are supposed to read into the identical initials.
Participants in the drug trial are asked to keep a blog of their experiences with it, and that gives the author a convenient device for allowing his modest hero to open his heart to us. Gomez is a rather endearing creation, or so I found, and the background of his somnolent little business is described with both affection and witty irony. The situation that he stumbles into makes for some good detective-mystery material, but even when Gomez is briefly in imminent peril of his life the writing keeps its light touch and the reader is not harrowed or kept in any great degree of suspense.
I gather that this is a debut novel, and if so it is a very promising one. Whether Gomez Porter is going to come back to us in some subsequent series I don't know. I find it hard to imagine him cast in any such role, but Graham Parke's imagination is no doubt more creative than mine is, so I shall be interested to see what follows.
Participants in the drug trial are asked to keep a blog of their experiences with it, and that gives the author a convenient device for allowing his modest hero to open his heart to us. Gomez is a rather endearing creation, or so I found, and the background of his somnolent little business is described with both affection and witty irony. The situation that he stumbles into makes for some good detective-mystery material, but even when Gomez is briefly in imminent peril of his life the writing keeps its light touch and the reader is not harrowed or kept in any great degree of suspense.
I gather that this is a debut novel, and if so it is a very promising one. Whether Gomez Porter is going to come back to us in some subsequent series I don't know. I find it hard to imagine him cast in any such role, but Graham Parke's imagination is no doubt more creative than mine is, so I shall be interested to see what follows.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really like the shape of this book. It's just the right height and width, reminiscent of earlier works by authors such as Woody Allen and Bret Easton Ellis.
I also like the thickness of the book, which is unexpectedly spellbinding. It reminds the reader that life need not be complicated, nor three inches thick all round.
I also like the words used to cover the pages inside, and the order they are used in. But other reviewers have already commented on those...so...
I also like the thickness of the book, which is unexpectedly spellbinding. It reminds the reader that life need not be complicated, nor three inches thick all round.
I also like the words used to cover the pages inside, and the order they are used in. But other reviewers have already commented on those...so...
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