You Were Never Really Here - Softcover

Jonathan Ames

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782272453 ISBN 13: 9781782272458

Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo, 2016

Synopsis

You Were Never Really Here is soon to be a major motion picture starring Joaquin Phoenix

A hammer was Joe's favourite weapon. He was his father's son, after all

Joe has witnessed things that cannot be erased. A former FBI agent and Marine, his abusive childhood has left him damaged beyond repair. So he hides away, earning a living rescuing girls who have been kidnapped into the sex trade.

Now he's been hired to save the daughter of a New York senator, held captive at a Manhattan brothel. But he's stumbled into a dangerous web of conspiracy and he s about to pay the price.

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.

About this title

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

'Fast-moving, agreeably violent and perfectly pared-down novella' -- Spectator

'Lurid and minimal, You Were Never Really Here stays focused for its short, ghoulish run' -- Financial Times

'Ice-cold modern noir... Really dark. But also fun!' -- Mr. Hyde

'Short and snappy' -- Sunday Star

'Short, taut and in only the darkest shades of noir' -- Sunday Times Crime Club

'Contains no glamour... just bursts of dark poetry... and a brutal pragmatism befitting the character' -- Crime Scene

'A fast paced thriller' -- Jewish News

'Ames takes a dark route... has many of his usual traits - apart from humour' -- Jewish Telegraph

'The most deceptive lightweight boxer - punching with the heft of someone of much larger caliber' -- Bookbag

'The violence throughout is swift and uncompromising, making this a real read-in-one-sitting thriller' -- Raven Crime Reads

'Gripping, violent, fast and full of action... Superb' -- Bibliophile Book Club

'Action packed and highly readable. It will appeal to those who, like me, enjoy the hard-boiled thrillers in the style of Chandler' -- Promoting Crime Fiction

'Slick, speedy, and as bluntly traumatic as the hammer its protagonist wields' -- A History of my Life in 100 Objects

'Punchy prose and a lead character that could carry a series' -- Ebookwyrm

'A good choice for lovers of Michael Connelly, Lee Child or Vince Flynn who are interested in character-driven thrillers' -- Chicago Tribune

'A dark thriller full of attitude and heart. ... Ames is at his best here, creating a complex and sympathetic character and a detail-rich, believable story that is hard to forget' --San Francisco Chronicle

'Jonathan Ames' superbly pared-down, striking and powerful noir debut novella, is short, less than 100 pages, brutal and redemptive and packed with corruption, revenge and the very darkest of man's inner demons' -- Crime Review

'The best of its kind that I have read since Point Blank' -- malkintowersbookblog.com

'Taut and compelling noir that packs quite a punch' --JacquiWine's Journal

About the Author:

Jonathan Ames is the author of nine books including Wake Up, Sir! (published by Pushkin Press) The Extra Man, I Love You More Than You Know and the graphic novel The Alcoholic. He also created the hit HBO comedy Bored to Death, starring Ted Danson, Zach Galifianakis and Jason Schwartzman, as well as Blunt Talk, starring Patrick Stewart. He lives in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1782272453
• ISBN 13: 9781782272458
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96