You Were Never Really Here Movie Tie..., Jonathan Ames
You Were Never Really Here Movie Tie..., Jonathan Ames
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You Were Never Really Here (Movie Tie-In)

Author: Jonathan Ames

Narrator: Jonathan Ames

Unabridged: 2 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/20/2018

Synopsis

Now a major motion picture starring Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here is a gritty, harrowing story of corruption and one man's violent quest for vengeance.

Joe has witnessed things that cannot be erased. A former FBI agent and Marine, his abusive childhood has left him damaged beyond repair. He has completely withdrawn from the world and earns his living rescuing girls who have been kidnapped into the sex trade.

When he's hired to save the daughter of a corrupt New York senator held captive at a Manhattan brothel, he stumbles into a dangerous web of conspiracy, and he pays the price. As Joe's small web of associates are picked off one by one, he realizes that he has no choice but to take the fight to the men who want him dead.

Brutal and redemptive in equal measure, You Were Never Really Here is a toxic shot of a thriller, laced with corruption, revenge and the darkest of inner demons.

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About Jonathan Ames

Jonathan Ames is the author of I Pass Like Night; The Extra Man; What’s Not to Love?; My Less Than Secret Life; Wake Up, Sir!; I Love You More Than You Know; The Alcoholic; and The Double Life Is Twice As Good. He’s the creator of the HBO® Original Series Bored to Death and has had two amateur boxing matches, fighting as “The Herring Wonder.” His most recent work is the detective novel A Man Named Doll.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Meike

Re-watching the movie while waiting for "Joker" to finally hit theaters! Joaquin Phoenix made me read this! :-) I think the guy has an amazing ability to seek out great roles in edgy, unique films with unusual storylines. For his lead role as Joe in "You Were Never Really Here" (in some countries rel......more

Goodreads review by Carmen

Sloppy, he thought. What the fuck is wrong with me? Soon the one in the car would come looking. Joe didn't want any more fights, because you didn't win every fight. Joe figured they just wanted to know how he had gotten them and if others would follow, and then they would have killed him. But he didn......more

Goodreads review by Peter

I've always admired Jonathan Ames for how funny a writer he is. And now it turns out he can write a cold-blooded thriller, as well. I'm very annoyed and very impressed.......more

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Praise for You Were Never Really Here

“Brutal, unrelenting, and utterly compelling. . . . This white-hot short novel blasts through its 100 pages like a fireball stampeding through a tunnel.”
—Booklist

“Evocative. . . . Ames pulls no punches in his buildup to a grim conclusion that Jim Thompson devotees will appreciate.” 
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Ames is an adept purveyor of the very noir, particular scenes of violence. He achieves more in less than 100 pages than most crime novels three times the length do"
—The Times, Crime Books of the Year 2016

"A striking and powerful noir debut that can be consumed in a single sitting. . . . Ames reveals himself here as a stylish thriller writer"
—Daily Mail

"[A] fast-moving, agreeably violent and perfectly pared-down novella"
—Spectator

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