Orient, Christopher Bollen
Orient, Christopher Bollen
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Orient
A Novel

Author: Christopher Bollen

Narrator: Michael Rahhal

Unabridged: 21 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/05/2015


Synopsis

“A gorgeously written book whose literary chops are beyond doubt. Come for the prose, and stay for the murders.”  — USA Today“This is beach reading that’s as intelligent as it is absorbing.”— PeopleA gripping novel of culture clash and murder from the acclaimed author of A Beautiful Crime and The Destroyers. As summer draws to a close, a small Long Island town is gripped by a series of mysterious deaths—and one young man, a loner taken in by a local, tries to piece together the crimes before his own time runs out.Orient is an isolated town on the north fork of Long Island, its future as a historic village newly threatened by the arrival of wealthy transplants from Manhattan—many of them artists. One late summer morning, the body of a local caretaker is found in the open water; the same day, a monstrous animal corpse is found on the beach, presumed a casualty from a nearby research lab. With rumors flying, eyes turn to Mills Chevern—a tumbleweed orphan newly arrived in town from the west with no ties and a hazy history. As the deaths continue and fear in town escalates, Mills is enlisted by Beth, an Orient native in retreat from Manhattan, to help her uncover the truth. With the clock ticking, Mills and Beth struggle to find answers, faced with a killer they may not be able to outsmart.Rich with character and incident, yet deeply suspenseful, Orient marks the emergence of a novelist of enormous talent.

About Christopher Bollen

Christopher Bollen is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Lost Americans, A Beautiful Crime, The Destroyers, Orient, and Lightning People. He is a frequent contributor to a number of publications, including Vanity Fair, the New York Times, and Interview. He lives in New York City.


Reviews

Audible BRILLIANT!!! IF YOU UNDERSTAND/LIKE/APPRECIATE/ESTIMATE A WELL SOPHISTICATED, COMPLEX, INGENIOUS, MULTI-LAYERED INTELLIGENT MYSTERY you have to read it.. Audible: 21 hrs 37 min The reasons I wanted to read this book were: THIS BOOK IS A FINALIST of the 28th Lambda in the category GAY FICTION.......more

Goodreads review by Three

Più passa il tempo, più mi rendo conto che le mie recensioni hanno dei contenuti ricorrenti, forse sintomi di ossessioni (a loro volta sintomi di senilità?). Prima ossessione: la lunghezza dei libri. Non ce la faccio a non scrivere per la milionesima volta che un giallo di cinquecento e rotti pagine......more

Goodreads review by Gerhard

To maintain such wonder, joy and discovery for over 600 pages, and then to hit the reader with a sledgehammer of an ending it feels like your heart is going to burst from bittersweet agony … Christopher Bollen is either a saint or a devil. Maybe both. It is a tried-and-tested formula whereby an autho......more