Potboiler, Jesse Kellerman
Potboiler, Jesse Kellerman
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Potboiler

Author: Jesse Kellerman

Narrator: Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 11 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 07/05/2012

Synopsis

Arthur Pfefferkorn is a has-been, or perhaps a never-was: a middle-aged college professor with long-dead literary aspirations. When his oldest friend, bestselling thriller writer William de Vallèe, is lost at sea, Pfefferkorn is torn between envy and grief, for de Vallèe not only outshone Pfefferkorn professionally, but married the woman Pfefferkorn loved.Pfefferkorn’s decision to reconnect with de Vallèe’s widow sets in motion a surreal chain of events, plunging him into a shadowy realm of double crosses and intrigue, a world where no one can be trusted--and nothing can be taken seriously.

About The Author

Jesse Kellerman won the Princess Grace Award for best young American playwright and is the author of Sunstroke, Trouble, The Genius (for which he won the 2010 Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle), The Executor, and Potboiler (for which he was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel). He lives in California.Kirby Heyborne is an American musician and actor. After graduating from the University of Utah with a degree in economics, he received critical acclaim for his starring role in the award-winning World War II drama Saints and Soldiers. He has starred in many feature films and national commercials, and has appeared on Everwood and Free Ride. He is well known for his narration and voice work on several audiobooks. In addition, he can frequently be found touring the country with his singing and songwriting act.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shelleyrae

Having been a huge fan of Jesse's parents (Jonathon and Faye Kellerman) work for a long time I read his first few novels, Double Homicide, Sunstroke and Trouble, all psychological thrillers, where Jesse proved to have inherited his parent's talents. However, Jesse's latter novels have shown a bent f......more

Goodreads review by Lizzie

Arthur Pfefferkorn taught creative writing at a small college on the Eastern Seaboard. Many years ago Arthur had published a novel called Shades of the Colossus. His book had received mild acclaim and then died along with his literary aspirations. Conversely his oldest and best friend had turned out......more

Goodreads review by Allison

POTBOILER by Jesse Kellerman: I haven't read Jesse Kellerman's previous novels, which appear to be complex thrillers, but based on the cleverness he demonstrates in POTBOILER, I'm very interested in reading more of his work. POTBOILER cannot be easily categorized. It's an affectionate parody of the......more

Goodreads review by Janebbooks

Anatomy of a thriller novel.... October 14, 2012 The author of this mystery/thriller is Jesse Kellerman, son of the the famous husband-and wife bestselling writers of series mysteries, Faye and Jonathan Kellerman. But son Jesse writes standalone novels...and in POTBOILER introduces a trio of characte......more

Quotes

“Seldom, if ever, have the cloak-and-dagger folk—of any stripe, ours or theirs—appeared so omniscient, so omnipotent and so perfectly awful as they do in Kellerman’s mordantly funny latest… Another brilliant performance. Kellerman has fun here, and so will his readers.”  
—Kirkus (starred)

“Kellerman ruminates on the practice of writing, the experience of sudden literary success, the nature of friendship, and the contrasts between the lives of writers and spies. Potboiler is very funny – and insightful.”—Booklist

“Kellerman balances the line between thrills and satire in this unique reading experience filled with mysteries, conspiracies, double crosses and shadowy villains….Fun in completely unexpected ways. Only a great writer like Kellerman could make it work at all well.”—Romantic Times

“This satire heavy novel works well… There are truly funny observations about publishing, what merits good writing, and the excesses of the thriller genre.”—Library Journal

"A tough, funny satire of the titled genre… Kellerman wants to have fun with thrillers… creating a niche for himself by focusing on characters who are never as smart as they think they are…. a frequently hilarious Moebius strip of a novel."—Palm Beach Post

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