I'll Catch You
By (Author) Jesse Kellerman
Little, Brown Book Group
Sphere
26th February 2013
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.6
Short-listed for Edgar Awards 2013 (UK)
Paperback
416
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 27mm
276g
When the world's bestselling thriller writer, William de Vallee, disappears from his luxury yacht while sailing off the LA coast, his best friend and fellow writer Arthur Pfefferkorn decides to pick up where he left off. But little does Arthur know that this impulsive decision is about to change his life for ever. . .
We want to tell you more about this novel. We wish we could explain how spectacular and absolutely unexpected it is; how it will burn itself onto your brain for ever. But the truth is we could never do it justice. . .The only way you'll understand it is to read it for yourself.[I'll Catch You is] fun in completely unexpected ways. Only a great writer like Kellerman could make it all work this well - RT Book Reviews
[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. [I'll Catch You] is very funny - and insightful - BooklistA writer of great imagination and skill - Sunday TelegraphKellerman has a gift for creating compelling characters as well as for crafting an ingenious plot that grabs the reader and refuses to let go - Publishers WeeklyBrilliant or bonkers It's difficult to decide with this gem from the oldest son of the Kellerman clan... so why is it such a good, original read Maybe that's what makes it brilliant - Weekend SportStartlingly written, it weaves a very particular spell - Daily MailThis very funny and ingeniously plotted dismantling of the conspiracy thriller genre also mercilessly mocks the pretensions and hypocrisies of the literary world - Morning StarJesse Kellerman was born in Los Angeles in 1978. He is the bestselling author of THE BRUTAL ART. He graduated from Harvard and has won many awards for his writing. He lives in California.