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The King of Pain: A novel with stories (English Edition) Formato Kindle

Edizione Inglese di Seth Kaufman (Autore) Formato: Formato Kindle
3,7 3,7 su 5 stelle 269 voti
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"One of 2012's most enjoyable novels." --Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times

"This is a dark, sharp, very funny novel about imprisonment, torture and the dangerous pleasures of stories." --Zoe Heller, Notes on a Scandal

A riotously funny portrait of an out-of-control entertainment mogul and a dazzlingly original look at incarceration, The King of Pain is part George Sanders, part Italo Calvino, part "Entourage," and 100% marvelous.

Rick Salter is a man everybody loves to hate. But that’s fine; in fact, it’s become a way of life for Rick ever since the launch of his outrageous – and outrageously successful – reality TV show about torture, The King of Pain. So when one Saturday morning Rick comes to on his living room floor, he’s not really bothered that cultural critics have put him on top of the list of “people who will hasten the demise of civilization” – no, his real problem is that he appears to be trapped under his gigantic home entertainment system. Which is no longer attached to the wall, but to him. With no phone or BlackBerry within reach, and with his housekeeper Marta off for the weekend, Rick has 48 long hours ahead of him before he can hope for rescue. 48 hours of pain and bad memories. Thank god there’s a book lying around to pass the time. It’s called A History of Prisons and the stories in the book seem to be strangely relevant to Rick’s own predicament.

“Seth Kaufman's novel is a hoot and a boot, a zany, unsettling, satisfying, post post-modern, tragic-comic tour of prisons around the world and pain in the human heart. Start it and you won't stop. If you're a claustrophobe, read it out-of-doors.” --John Darnton, Neanderthal, Almost a Family

"Required reading for any reality TV junkie." --N.Y. Daily News
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    300 pagine
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    Inglese
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  4. Data di pubblicazione
    2 gennaio 2014
  5. Dimensioni file
    1262 KB
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L'autore

Seth Kaufman has been a reporter for the NY Post’s Page Six and the Editorial Director of TV Guide.com. He grew up in New York, Kenya, and India. He plays guitar in The Fancy Shapes and lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife and two children. His newest book, If You Give an Architect a Contract, arrives March, 2013.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008BST41E
  • Editore ‏ : ‎ Sukuma Books; 1° edizione (2 gennaio 2014)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Dimensioni file ‏ : ‎ 1262 KB
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  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supportato
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  • Memo ‏ : ‎ Su Kindle Scribe
  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 300 pagine
  • Recensioni dei clienti:
    3,7 3,7 su 5 stelle 269 voti

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5,0 su 5 stelle Great book
Recensito in Canada il 6 luglio 2018
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Great book
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Hal Incandenza
4,0 su 5 stelle A fun and inspired thriller
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 4 ottobre 2016
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The King of Pain looks, from the outside, like a fairly pulpy thriller and its main storyline is just that: our protagonist, Rick Salter, is a TV producer who wakes up trapped under his own, enormous home entertainment system (no prizes for spotting the irony). What elevates this novel are the stories Rick reads to pass the time; a series of tales about prison, captivity and punishment in many guises. The stories have a lightness of touch and emotional complexity that you wouldn't necessarily expect from an author who created what is a fairly heavy-handed mise en scene. You'll read this book in a few hours and you'll enjoy it, probably quite a lot. I think it is some of the imagery from the interspersed stories that will stay with you a while longer. This book won't change your life, but it's a superior beach read. Recommended.
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4,0 su 5 stelle Odd but thought provoking
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 22 gennaio 2014
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I got this book for free after seeing it on the Kindle Buffett list. I did not know the author and had no expectations other than the concept seemed interesting. The book could be off putting for some, but I found the anatomy of a reality show riveting and the side stories were amusing as well to try and determine why Amanda thought that Rick would get something out of them. I also knew that I needed to know how Rick fared at the end of it all. The name of the book says it all - "A novel with stories". This book caused me to think about some things like how Gizmos have taken over our life and also was entertaining at the same time. This definitely will not be everyone's taste, but I liked it.
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Graham Spottiswood
2,0 su 5 stelle Two Stars
Recensito in Australia il 20 ottobre 2015
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Not my sort of book I am afraid!
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Kim Velk
5,0 su 5 stelle Funny, Sage, Surprising
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 14 marzo 2013
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With a title like this, you can't be too sure what you're getting into. (Even with the "very funny" call out quote and comic-book style old TV on the cover). The story of had me from the first page, however. I knew right away I was in the hands of someone who knew what he was doing and the story did not let go til the bitter - or really, rather sweet - end. Rick Slater, an aging, bright and thoroughly compromised producer, has been saved from the Hollywood has-been ash heap by becoming the guiding light of a horrid, torture-based reality TV show. As the show reaches a crescendo of awfulness (and popularity), Slater finds himself one day pinned beneath his collapsed, massive entertainment center. As he endures the varied agonies that come with being pressed like an old Salem witch, he reflects on his shabby, checkered past. When he isn't reminiscing, regretting, reforming, he distracts himself with a book of stories that has fallen off the shelf. The book was given to him by a worthy young woman (and just-out-of-reach object of desire) who once served as his assistant. She has inscribed it with a cryptic message about a lesson he needs to learn. These stories are all written as stand-alone works are uniformly excellent, really often rising to brilliance. Slater's search for the meaning of this inscription helps tie the front of the book to the back. This was a book I looked forward to finding on my night stand for as long as it lasted.
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