The Resurrectionist
Published on 7. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-84243-306-5 (ISBN)
Description
Your only child is lost between this world and the next, and more than anything you want him back. A controversial doctor and a mysterious stranger claim they have the answer. Who do you trust? Are you willing to risk everything? Are you prepared to enter Limbo?
Part classic noir thriller, part mind-bending fantasy, The Resurrectionist is a wild ride into a territory where nothing is as it appears. It is the story of Sweeney, a druggist by trade, and his son, Danny, the victim of an accident that has left him in a persistent coma. Hoping for a miracle, they have come to the forbidding, fortress-like Peck Clinic, whose doctors claim to have 'resurrected' other patients who were lost in the void. What Sweeney comes to realize, however, is that the real cure for his son's condition may lie in Limbo, a fantasy comic book world into which his son had been drawn at the time of his accident. Plunged into the intrigue that envelops the clinic, Sweeney's search for answers leads to sinister back alleys, brutal dead ends, and terrifying corners of darkness and mystery.
With The Resurrectionist, Jack O'Connell has crafted a breakout thriller that's gripping, suspenseful, and all-out heart-pounding.
Part classic noir thriller, part mind-bending fantasy, The Resurrectionist is a wild ride into a territory where nothing is as it appears. It is the story of Sweeney, a druggist by trade, and his son, Danny, the victim of an accident that has left him in a persistent coma. Hoping for a miracle, they have come to the forbidding, fortress-like Peck Clinic, whose doctors claim to have 'resurrected' other patients who were lost in the void. What Sweeney comes to realize, however, is that the real cure for his son's condition may lie in Limbo, a fantasy comic book world into which his son had been drawn at the time of his accident. Plunged into the intrigue that envelops the clinic, Sweeney's search for answers leads to sinister back alleys, brutal dead ends, and terrifying corners of darkness and mystery.
With The Resurrectionist, Jack O'Connell has crafted a breakout thriller that's gripping, suspenseful, and all-out heart-pounding.
Reviews / Votes
A brilliantly tuned, mesmerizing labyrinth of a quasi-real world as only a master artist could draw it -- James Ellroy It's a helter-skelter, a roller-coaster, a ride on a ghost train - if the fairground had been designed by Philip K Dick, Stan Lee and Edgar Allan Poe -- Brandon Robshaw * The Independent on Sunday * A feast of unsettling pleasures -- Barry Forshaw * The Independent * No one does the improbable like O'Connell -- Maxim Jakubowski * The Guardian booksblog * one of the most original American novels of the year -- Jeff VanderMeer * Omnivoracious *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bedford Square Publishers
Product notice
With flaps
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84243-306-5 (9781842433065)
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Jack O'Connell is the author of five critically acclaimed novels, which have earned him something of a cult status. He won the Mysterious Press Discovery Contest for the Best First Crime Novel for Box Nine, which launched his career. This and his other novels Wireless, The Skin Palace, Word Made Flesh and The Resurrectionist are all published by No Exit Press.