- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (7 Feb 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0316854948
- ISBN-13: 978-0316854948
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 14.8 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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- #39 in Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Social Sciences > Law & Disorder > Issues > Drugs
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Eddie, a small time New Yorker who earns his living pounding out copy for illustrated manuals finds his life changes dramatically when a drug dealer introduces him to an amazing new designer drug that enables his resources of intelligence and drive function with amazing efficiency. When his dealer is murdered he escapes with a large stash and starts to make the kind of money about which he has only dreamed. However, there is a downside of blinding headaches, irrational behaviour - and worse is to follow in this high-voltage debut thriller.
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Anything that promises to make us better, richer, cleverer is always seductive and powerful. But what happens when the transforming agent is produced in the laboratory of a pharmaceutical corporation? By chance, Eddie Spinola comes across 200 doses of the drug MDT-48 and turns his life upside-down.
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From its about-face opening this debut novel grabs and doesn't let go. The main character, Eddie, is an appealingly shabby Everyman which makes his descent all the more believable -- if someone gave you a bag of pills which could make you see patterns in the stock market or learn a foreign language in a day, wouldn't you take them? Alan Glynn traces Eddie's rise and fall with real story-telling skill, and although the climax is suggested there are still lots of twists and turns along the way. This is a great read and should be the start of a great writing career.
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I really enjoyed this book - like "12 Monkeys" it's a sci-fi meets crime thriller, with an original twist. Would make an excellent movie.
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I liked the story, and I especially liked the way it has been written.
Defects: few holes in the story, and some more thrill and creativity in the actions of the narrator would have made it a 5 stars.
Defects: few holes in the story, and some more thrill and creativity in the actions of the narrator would have made it a 5 stars.
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