Nobody Move - Hardcover

Johnson, Denis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1554684250 ISBN 13: 9781554684250

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

Nobody Move

the latest novel from the Pulitzer Prize nominated author of Tree of Smoke and Jesus’ Son is a sly, suspenseful thriller set on the American west coast.

 

Jimmy Luntz has fallen behind on his gambling debts. A small-time crook from Bakersfield, California, he isn’t too worried, until Ernst Gambol comes to collect. When Jimmy runs and he does a dangerous game of cat and mouse pits him against both Gambol and his vindictive boss, Juarez. The more Jimmy tries to escape, the more desperate he becomes . . . and then he meets Anita. A tough con artist who’s been accused of embezzling a couple million dollars, Anita claims she doesn’t have the money but she knows how to find it and she wants Jimmy to help her. With Gambol at his heels, Jimmy joins forces with Anita, and the pair embarks on a tense, exhilarating journey to cash in and stay alive.

 

Nobody Move

, which first appeared as a serial in the pages of Playboy, is an homage to American noir and an unnerving exploration of desperation and violence. Sexy, suspenseful and touched with dark humour, Johnson’s latest novel shows a great writer at his versatile best.

About this title

About the Author:

Denis Johnson is the author of six novels, a collection of poetry and a book of reportage. His novel Tree of Smoke was the 2007 winner of the National Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in northern Idaho.

From AudioFile:

There's no shortage of tough guys and girls in Denis Johnson's NOBODY MOVE. There's also no real hero in the book, just bad guys and worse ones, all of them pretty interesting. Will Patton gives real character to all the players, especially the protagonist, a gambling-addicted singer in a barbershop choir named Johnny Lutz. The guy has no idea how much trouble he's in until the cold-blooded enforcer, Ernest Gambol, takes him for a one-way ride into the California countryside. Patton's Gambol is seriously sinister--you can almost hear creepy music in the background. Throw in a beautiful woman, $2.3 million, blood, guns, and revenge--and you've got a contemporary crime noir masterpiece. Patton and Johnson make it all seem brand new. M.S. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1554684250
• ISBN 13: 9781554684250
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208