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Chad Taylor
Europa Editions
ISBN: 1-933372-09-5
Pub. date: April 15 2006
172 pages
Size: 5.25 x 8.25
Price: $14.95
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May 09 2006
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Washington Post:
"Taylor can flat-out write. His style owes a lot to Raymond Chandler and lesser apostles of noir, but at the same time it's very much his own. [...] "cool" certainly is the word for him, but there's a good deal of heat beneath."
April 27 2006
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Chicago Tribune:
"There's so much pleasure and bafflement to be derived from this thriller by novelist Chad Taylor that it seems like an afterthought to point out that it's also a fascinating portrait of life in modern-day New Zealand."
March 15 2006
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Booklist:
"In eloquently precise prose, Taylor evokes the life of small-time thief Mark Chamberlain. The night he invades the home of the parents of Caroline May is the night his carefully regimented schedule begins to unravel.
February 21 2006
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Publishers Weekly:
"Taylor, who compares favorably with Russell Banks and Paul Auster, should appeal to readers who appreciate sophisticated plots and fully human characters..."