IQ: An IQ Novel, cartea 1
Autor Joe Ideen Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 oct 2016
Winner
of
the
Anthony,
Macavity,
and
Shamus
Awards
A
resident
of
one
of
LA's
toughest
neighborhoods
uses
his
blistering
intellect
to
solve
the
crimes
the
LAPD
ignores.
East
Long
Beach.
The
LAPD
is
barely
keeping
up
with
the
neighborhood's
high
crime
rate.
Murders
go
unsolved,
lost
children
unrecovered.
But
someone
from
the
neighborhood
has
taken
it
upon
himself
to
help
solve
the
cases
the
police
can't
or
won't
touch.
They
call
him
IQ.
He's
a
loner
and
a
high
school
dropout,
his
unassuming
nature
disguising
a
relentless
determination
and
a
fierce
intelligence.
He
charges
his
clients
whatever
they
can
afford,
which
might
be
a
set
of
tires
or
a
homemade
casserole.
To
get
by,
he's
forced
to
take
on
clients
that
can
pay.
This
time,
it's
a
rap
mogul
whose
life
is
in
danger.
As
Isaiah
investigates,
he
encounters
a
vengeful
ex-wife,
a
crew
of
notorious
cutthroats,
a
monstrous
attack
dog,
and
a
hit
man
who
even
other
hit
men
say
is
a
lunatic.
The
deeper
Isaiah
digs,
the
more
far
reaching
and
dangerous
the
case
becomes.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316267724
ISBN-10: 0316267724
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 162 x 244 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
Seria An IQ Novel
ISBN-10: 0316267724
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 162 x 244 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
Seria An IQ Novel
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Notă biografică
Joe
Ideis
of
Japanese
American
descent.
Growing
up
in
South
Central
Los
Angeles,
Joe's
favorite
books
were
the
Conan
Doyle
Sherlock
Holmes
stories.
The
idea
that
a
person
could
face
the
world
and
vanquish
his
enemies
with
just
his
intelligence
fascinated
him.
Joe
went
on
to
earn
a
graduate
degree
and
had
several
careers
before
writing
his
debut
novel,
IQ,
inspired
by
his
early
experiences
and
his
love
of
Sherlock.
Joe
lives
in
Santa
Monica,
California.
Visit
his
website
at
www.joeide.com
Recenzii
Winner
of
the
Anthony,
Macavity,
and
Shamus
Awards
Nominated
for
the
Edgar
Award
for
Best
First
Novel
"The start of a brand-new comedic crime franchise with a bright future. . . . Aggressively entertaining plotting is paired with the kind of dialogue for which readers love Don Winslow. This series is a Los Angeles classic right from the start."—Janet Maslin,The New York Times
"One of the most original thrillers of the year . . . [A] sometimes scary, often whimsical, off-the-wall delight . . . It's a mad world that late-blooming Joe Ide has brought forth from his past, a spicy mix of urban horror, youthful striving and show-business absurdity. His IQ is an original and welcome creation."—Patrick Anderson,Washington Post
"Wonderfully quirky . . . Exhilarating language and [an] oddball cast . . . A total laff-riot"—Marilyn Stasio,New York Times Book Review
"A crackling page-turner of a debut"—Entertainment Weekly
"Joe Ide introduces one of the coolest investigators working the mean streets of Los Angeles. . . . Ide emulates Walter Mosley, that great chronicler of South Central Los Angeles via the Easy Rawlins novels. That's some serious company with whom to be traveling."—Lloyd Sachs,Chicago Tribune
"This debut novel is going to splash the name Joe Ide across the crowded map of crime fiction and commercial fiction in general. Because it's thatgood, it's thatunusual...Do your stretch of holiday reading time a favor by reading this hilarious and harrowing, starkly modern, strikingly American, inner-city sort of oblique homage to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson... It's one hell of a thrilling read."—Austin Chronicle
"I don't know how fast Joe Ide writes, but from now on he'll have to write faster. Everyone who readsIQwill be clamoring for the next book, and for the one after that. This is one of the most intriguing--and appealing--detective characters to come along in years."—Carl Hiaasen
"A few things I love about this... [IQ is] rooted in his community in a way that his inspiration never was...IQis a small story in the way the best of Conan Doyle's were.... It's a detective story that plays out very close to home, on the streets and corners that Ide (who grew up in South Central) knows best. And Isaiah fits into those streets like they were made for him. A consulting detective for a time and a place that needs one."—Jason Sheehan,NPR
"IQdelivers a moving, yet action-packed plot that never disappoints as it looks at rap music, a community and a young man trying to find his place in the world... The brisk plot ofIQis balanced by the intriguing character of Isaiah, experienced in the ways of the world but with intelligence that makes him anything but naive.... Ide's storytelling skills don't waver."
—The Associated Press
"There's lots of profanity, enormous lethal dogs, and rippling dialogue in this debut of what will hopefully become a series."—Dayton Daily News
"There are debuts that are talked about for a good long time after they come out; this is one of those books...IQ is a truly impressive character who could easily grow a huge fan base and be around just as long as that much beloved Sherlock Holmes."—Suspense
"Joe Ide. Remember that name. . . . Mystery aficionados will remember it as the breakout debut of a major new voice in the suspense genre."—BookPage
"[Ide] does here what few first novelists can manage: dexterously juggling multiple styles and tones to create a seamless, utterly entertaining blend of coming-of-age saga, old-school detective story, and comic-caper novel. . . . This is one of those rare debuts that leaves us panting for more--and soon."—Booklist (starred review)
"In his debut novel, Ide, a Japanese-American who grew up in the same neighborhood as his mercurial characters, flashes agility with streetwise lingo, facility with local color, and empathy with even the most dissolute of his characters... the roughhousing energy, vivid language, and serrated wit Ide displays throughout this maiden effort make Isiah Quintabe seem a potential rejuvenator of a grand literary tradition. The present day, with its high-strung social media and emotional overload, could use a contemporary hero like Ide's, more inclined to use his brain than his mouth (or fists) to vanquish evil and subdue dread."—Kirkus
"This L.A. crime story offers a gripping plot, an unconventional hero, and a huge heart... I expect to see a film or a series and I hope Ide is as prolific as his fellow L.A. crime novelist Connelly because I eagerly await his next book."—The San Bernadino Sun
"Joe
Ide
is
the
best
new
writer
I've
encountered
in
recent
years.IQis
a
terrific
book
with
an
unexpected
story,
whose
lead
character
has
great
potential
for
a
series."
"Joe Ide is a bad man: IQ is so hellaciously entertaining, deeply moving, and electrifyingly alive that you'll want to read it twice."—Lou Berney, author of the Edgar Award-winning Long and Faraway Gone
"Ide successfully makes his detective's brilliance plausible in this gripping and moving debut."—Publishers Weekly
"Joe Ide has got all the pre-requisites of a great mystery writer: an acerbic wit, a craftsman's mastery of pace, and a clear-eyed but big-hearted view of humankind. His humble and low-key hero, a P.I. named IQ, is a joy to spend time with, and once you've hung out in this Los Angeles of two-bit thugs, half-baked capers, and big scary dogs, you'll be as excited as I am for a sequel."—Ben Winters, author of Underground Airlines
"Isaiah Quintabe--known as I.Q.--is an unconventional unlicensed, underground detective solving problems for the disenfranchised people of Los Angeles, and Joe Ide's superb novel--IQ--is the one of the freshest and liveliest crime novels I have read in years. His debut heralds an exciting new voice in American crime fiction."—Adrian McKinty, author of Gun Street Girl
"With its street poetics and truer-than-life characters, this beautifully spun first novel is gonna blow through the crime fiction world like a fire hose-blast of fresh air. Joe Ide has that rarest of writerly skills--a wholly unique voice, one that is at once irreverent and compelling, moving and incisive.IQwill become a reader favorite. It will get glowing reviews. It will be nominated for awards. Let me save you waiting around for the word of mouth to reach you--buy this book now."—Gregg Hurwitz, author of the New York Times bestselling Orphan X
"Joe Ide'sIQis a wondrous double-helix of mean-street savvy entwined with classical detection, like Conan Doyle as channeled through Martin Scorsese. It's a terrific book."—Stephen Hunter, author of G-MAN
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