Mystery Girl

Name: Mystery Girl
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: David Gordon
ISBN: 9781469283630

Author: David Gordon

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Unabridged: 11 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 07/16/2013

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

When Sam Kornberg’s wife, Lala, walks out on him, he’s an unemployed used-book store clerk and failed experimental novelist with a broken heart. Desperate to win her back, he takes a job as assistant detective to the enigmatic Solar Lonsky, a private eye who might be an eccentric and morbid genius or just a morbidly obese madman.It’s a simple tail job, following a beautiful and mysterious lady around L.A., but Sam soon finds himself helplessly falling for his quarry and hopelessly entangled in a murder case involving Satanists, succubi, underground filmmakers, Hollywood bigshots, Mexican shootouts, video-store geekery, and sexy doppelgangers from beyond the grave. A case that highlights the risks of hardcore reading and mourns the death of the novel—or perhaps just the decline of Western Civilization.Mystery Girl is a thriller about the dangers of marriage and a detective story about the unsolvable mysteries of love, art, and other people.

About David Gordon

David Gordon was born in New York City. He attended Sarah Lawrence College and holds an MA in English and comparative literature and an MFA in writing, both from Columbia University. His first novel, The Serialist, won the VCU Cabell First Novel Award and was a finalist for an Edgar Award. It was also the first novel to win all three major foreign mystery awards in Japan, where it is currently being made into a film. His stories have appeared in the Paris Review, Fence, and elsewhere. He has worked in film, fashion, publishing, and pornography.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper on July 22, 2013

(I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for this review.) The main character in this book is a writer who spends all his time coming up with the kind of books that no one wants to read. Fortunately, David Gordon is very different from his creation in that he’s a writer that I very much enjo......more

Goodreads review by Mr. Matt on December 10, 2013

I picked this book up on a whim. I saw it on Amazon for a decent price and was in the mood to try something new. A number of people had rated it highly; others had rated it poorly. One reviewer had called the book "an odd duck" and I think that fits. I struggled with the book, trying to figure out w......more

Goodreads review by Trish on August 09, 2016

Gordon has written two novels that I know about. In each the main character is a failed or failing novelist with characteristics that range from gullible to gleefully, monstrously domineering. What am I supposed to think? About halfway through this second novel, [stomping about in rubber boots] deep......more

Goodreads review by Marjorie on August 03, 2013

It's dark and noir and funny and indecent and insane and a lot like life and I loved it. If only cozies make you happy, this one's not for you, but if you love your mysteries gritty and laugh out loud crazy, this is it. David Gordon, I hope we don't have to wait another two years for the next book.......more

Goodreads review by Timothy on October 21, 2013

Mystery Girl by David Gordon is a book that made me angry. Why? Because it had to end. Honestly, I couldn't put it down. It's that good. Very seldom do I want a novel to just keep going on and on and not finish. Gordon's book, which is his second published novel, is an outstanding success. I found o......more

Quotes

“Some things are inexplicable. The human heart is one. Los Angeles is another. In his latest whodunit, Gordon (The Serialist) takes on both with an LA noir reminiscent of Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy [in which] a failed experimental novelist, Sam Kornberg must track a mystery woman through LaLa land psych wards and late-night jaunts to Mexico.” —New York Post, Required Reading“David Gordon has written a passionate love story disguised as a mystery, a brainy tragicomedy, a bildungsroman wherein ‘the gumshoe learns the shocking secret of himself.’ His prose is by turns salacious, uproarious, and happily unhinged. A total delight.” —Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia!“I’m a Lebowski, you’re a Lebowski, and fans of the famous Coen Brothers film may find many of their favorite aspects mirrored in this dark comedy…An unpredictable farce.” —Kirkus Reviews