Playing for Thrills
A Mystery
1st U.S. Ed edition
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Author
Publication
1997-03-01 - William Morrow & Company
Language
English
Word Count
81,250 words, Guess
Page Count
325 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7726706M
- ISBN-139780688130466
- ISBN-100688130461
- OCLC Control Number35025944
- Library of Congress Control Number96032148
and 2 more
- Goodreads899069
- LibraryThing599485
Classifications
- LCCPL2919.S55 W3613 1997
Description
A tripped-out, sarcastic novel of urban alienation, Playing for Thrills follows the investigation of a mysterious murder of a possibly imaginary character that took place more than ten years before. The chief suspect is the narrator of the novel who may or may not have committed the crime - even he isn't sure. As our charismatic antihero careens around Beijing drinking beer, having sex, and questioning a bunch of people who speak like characters in a gangster movie, he tries to find someone who can remind him which girl he was with and what he was doing at the time of the murder. Suddenly, the narrative explodes, and the reader is thrust into a countdown leading up to the crime itself. The result is a sometimes frightening, sometimes hilarious, always astonishing novel that is totally unlike anything ever published from China.
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