I have been addicted to Lee Child as of late and wanted to comment on what's so special about this particular author.
I actually started reading with his latest book, Hard luck and trouble. Now, this is his 11th (pretty sure) Jack Reacher novel, yet I had no trouble understanding who Jack Reacher was. The beauty of Lee Child is not only that he has you turning the page (and staying up reading into the wee hours of the morning), but you can start with any Jack Reacher novel and never feel lost.
How does he do this so well, you ask? He knows Jack Reacher, inside and out. He's given Jack distinct characteristics that you pick up on right away. Character outlines, my little beasties, character outlines.
The page turning? That's easy. Short chapters with ultimate suspense hanging at the end of each one. Each chapter builds to an extreme. Short, clipped sentences keep the pace at a breakneck speed.
Even if you don't write within Child's genre, he's definitely a writer to take note of because he's a perfect example of someone who keeps the story on a basic path without straying, while keeping the readers attention intact from the first word to the last.
Stay literate;)
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By: Phenomenon Books,
on 1/24/2008
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By: John Mark Boling,
on 1/18/2008
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Tito Perdue, author of Fields of Asphodel, Lee, and many other fine works of fiction, will appear at this year's South Carolina Book Festival in Columbia, February 22-24. Now in its 12th year, this popular celebration of books and authors is free to the public and held at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in downtown Columbia.
By: John Mark Boling,
on 12/10/2007
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Author Tito Perdue will sign copies of his novel The Fields of Asphodel at Page & Palette Bookstore in Fairhope, Alabama this Saturday, December 15 at 11am. Page & Palette is located at 32 S. Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama.
The Fields of Asphodel is the latest installment in Perdue’s chronicle of Leland Lee Pefley, the cantankerous Alabamian. This time, Lee wakes up from his death in strange surroundings that bear an uncanny resemblance to his native Alabama. After a life of misdemeanors, Lee had hope that death would bring an end to things; instead, he awakens in a very bad place full of cold weather, strange tortures, and some of history’s most hapless people. His one consolation is the opportunity to track down his beloved wife who preceded him in death.
Perdue, a cult favorite author, has been compared to writers from Faulkner to Beckett, and in The Fields of Asphodel, readers are reintroduced to one of our true literary talents—and to Leland Pefley, a truly powerful fictional creation.
For more information, contact Page & Palette at (251) 928-5295.
By: John Mark Boling,
on 10/16/2007
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Come meet novelist Tito Perdue at these upcoming events: Nov 2. Friday evening 6-8pm –Barnes & Noble – MONTGOMERY; Nov 10. Saturday noon –Waldenbooks- DOTHAN, AL ; Nov 17-18. Southern Writers Reading, FAIRHOPE; Dec 1. Saturday noon– Books-A-Million – ANNISTON.; Dec 7. Friday evening 5-7pm - Waldenbooks HUNTSVILLE.
Tito's new novel Fields of Asphodel continues the story of Lee Pefley, who was first introduced in the 1991 novel Lee. The Los Angeles Times called Lee a "compact, virtuoso performance, singular in its depiction of one of the more pretentious, grandiloquent protagonists gracing the pages of American fiction."
By: David Elzey,
on 10/2/2007
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by Tae-Jun Lee illustrated by Dong-Seong Kim NorthSouth Books 2007 first published in Korea 1938 This book gave me the creeps, and even once I sorted out the problem with the final spread I still find it a little weird. A child goes to the trolley stop to wait for his mother. With each arriving trolley he looks for his mother and asks the driver "Have you seen my mother?" He waits all day,
By: John Mark Boling,
on 6/20/2007
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Meet Overlook Press' beloved gentleman novelist Tito Perdue, author of Fields of Asphodel, as he introduces us to his muses and writing partners from his writerly estate in Alabama. Fields from Asphodel and his novel Lee in paperback are due out this July. Here our dear Mr. Perdue gives us a sample of his summer-perfect, silky-smooth prose: you can meet him live at the Lemuria Books in Jackson, MS on Wednesday July 27th beginning at 5 PM. If you can't make it, order a signed copy.
By: Carlyn Beccia,
on 5/1/2006
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Here is the rare and beautiful Fiji Mermaid captured from the Fiji islands:
Although it certainly is an interesting tale, The Fiji Mermaid was actually captured from one of P.T, Barnum’s skilled taxidermist. Barnum paid his taxidermist to sew a fish tail on to an orangutan’s torso and voila the Fiji mermaid was born. To read more about the Fiji Mermaid and other famous circus stars, you will have to wait for the book titled Who Put the B in the Ballyhoo being released in May of 2007.
Tito will also be appearing at Page & Palette in Fair Hope on December 15 from 11am to 1pm.