Something Rotten, Alan Gratz
Something Rotten, Alan Gratz
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Something Rotten

Author: Alan Gratz

Narrator: Erik Davies

Unabridged: 5 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/23/2007

Synopsis

Denmark, Tennessee, stinks. Bad. The smell hits Horatio Wilkes the moment he pulls into town to visit his best friend, Hamilton Prince. And it’s not just the paper plant and the polluted Copenhagen River that’s stinking up Denmark: Hamilton’s father has been poisoned and the killer is still at large.

Why? Because nobody believes Rex Prince was murdered. Nobody except Horatio and Hamilton. Now they need to find the killer before someone else dies, but it won’t be easy. It seems like everyone’s a suspect. But who has committed murder most foul? If high school junior Horatio Wilkes can just get past the smell, he might get to the bottom of all this.

A cool and clever twist on the tale of Hamlet, where one-liners crackle and mystery abounds. Think you already know the story? Think again.

About The Author

Alan Gratz writes, “I have long been interested in Japan, but wasn’t inspired to write until I stumbled across a curious photograph in a travel guide. In the picture, a Japanese man wearing a kimono and sandals throws out the ceremonial first pitch for the 1915 National High School Baseball Summer Championship Tournament. 1915! I knew of Japan’s love affair with baseball, but I had always assumed the sport was imported by American GIs during the Allied occupation at the end of World War II.” From there came the spark of an idea that grew into this remarkable first novel. Alan lives with his wife and daughter in Georgia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Claude's

CW: (view spoiler)[Suicidal thoughts, murder of loved one through poisoning, illness through contaminated water (hide spoiler)] Well. Alan Gratz offers up an interesting modern day mash up of old school detective and Shakespeare's Hamlet. Some of it works. Some of it doesn't. I couldn't quite get a feel for Horatio as a character a......more

Goodreads review by Jenny

Something's rotten in Denmark. Denmark, Tennessee, that is. As a fan of both Raymond Chandler and Shakespeare, the author Alan Gratz has attempted to blend the two in a sort of "Pulp Shakespeare" or "Hardboiled Hamlet" (this according to the back flap of the book jacket.) The story is told from the......more

Goodreads review by Paul

I chose this book because it had an interesting cover with a picture of what I would soon find out are two of the main characters in the sory. I really liked this because I was able to really see what the main characters looked like opposed to when you are left with your imagination to figure out wh......more

Goodreads review by Sariah

At times, this book had a lot of spots where it kept you on the edge of your seat. I really enjoyed this book and the detail put into all of the characters and settings. I could vividly understand everything that was going on and it made reading the book a lot of fun. This book is about a paper plant......more

Goodreads review by Nestor

A quick retelling of ma boy, Shakespeare’s Hamlet for the YA crowd. it was actually quite good! The who-done-it aspect worked for me as did the different changes and twists from the original. There are much better, more sophisticated re-imaginations out there (Nutshell comes to mind) but this one ke......more

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