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S'està carregant… The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noirde Gary Phillips (Editor)
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 Resistance takes many forms, particularly in the current political climate. Few methods of protest are as cheerfully strange and purposefully bizarre as "The Obama Inheritance." This collection of 15 short stories, inspired by right-wing conspiracy theories about the 44th president, take aim at the freak-show realities of the 45th. Some short story collections are eclectic. Some are ambitious. Some are utterly mad. This one is all three. ... Some of these stories are laugh-out-loud funny, while others are immensely disturbing simply because you know that somewhere, someone actually believes this ridiculousness for real. That’s a humbling and horrifying thought, even as your funny bone and your common sense are entertained. Amid this bull market for Obama-related conspiracy theories, it is entirely understandable that a group of writers felt inspired to produce, “The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir.” It’s edited by mystery writer Gary Phillips, who also wrote one of the stories. Truth may be stranger than fiction, but why should the conspiracists have all the fun of creating fake narratives? It's a commonplace these days to say that real life has become so unpredictable that it outstrips anything anyone could dream up in fiction. I think I'm guilty of having made that banal observation a few times. But that was before I read The Obama Inheritance, a collection of 15 stories so sly, fresh and Bizarro World witty, they reaffirm the resiliency of the artistic imagination. Premis
Winner, 2018 Anthony Award for Best Anthology andWinner, Bronze Medal, 2017 Indie Book Awards for Anthologies,Foreword Reviews. Noir meets diverse voices and transforms the genre into an over-the-top, transcendental psychedelic thriller ride of pulpy goodness inTHE OBAMA INHERITANCE, a collection of fifteen stories of conspiracy noir curated by editor and award-winning African-American crime novelist Gary Phillips.âe¨âe¨ In the tradition of satirical works of Swift and Twain, with nods to the likes of William Burroughs, Asimov and Philip K. Dick, these tales contain vigilante First Ladies, Supreme Court judges who can clone themselves, gear-popping robots of doom, and races of ancient lizard people revealing their true master plan ... and these are just the tame ones mashed up in the blender of fake news bots, climate change is but a hoax by the Chinese and humans roamed with dinosaurs. In an era where the outlandish and fantastic has permeated our media 24/7, where mind-bending conspiracy theories shape our views, THE OBAMA INHERITANCE writers riff on the numerous fictions spun about the 44th president of the U.S. Although Obama himself does not appear in most of these stories, contributors spin deliberately outlandish and fantastic twists on many of the dozens of screwball, bizarro conspiracy theories floated about the president during his years in office and turn them ontheir heads. THE OBAMA INHERITANCE editorGary Phillips is a critically acclaimed author of mystery and graphic novels (Peepland,Violent Spring, and Warlord of Willow Ridge). Raised in South Central Los Angeles, Phillips draws on his experiences from anti-police abuse community organizing and anti-apartheid activism. He was the chair of the Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color committee, and is president of the Private Eye Writers of America. Contributors include famed crime-detective author and essayistWalter Mosley, professor and former Department of Justice attorneyChristopher Chambers (Sympathy for the Devil), noir raconteurAndrew Nette, actor and novelistDanny Gardner (A Negro and an Ofay), former Maine assistant attorney generalKate Flora (Death in Paradise), award-winning playwright and novelistDésirée Zamorano, and the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand MasterRobert Silverberg. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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If you're looking for a book that reads much like the works of [a:Jane Austen|1265|Jane Austen|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1651510251p2/1265.jpg], look no further. The Murder of Mr. Wickham will drop you years into the future from the events of Pride and Prejudice and lull you into a the world with new characters joining old favorites. She plot drops events from that book, so if you haven't read it, don't worry. It is unneeded to enjoy this story. Every character with Jane's beloved tale is also mentioned by name so you are aware of how they faired over the past decades.
However, if you are in search of something that has the essences but with a modern writing style you will be a tad bored with this read. It took me well over a month to finish the story mostly because the writing was more telling than showing and very dull. Instead of people visiting houses, it's people visiting rooms.
While I adore Jane Austen, her writing style is representative of her time period. This book would have been much more enjoyable if the author brought the world to life with the modern way to tell a story. By showing the characters move through the plot, instead of telling us how it happened to them through so much introspectiveness and point blank telling.
That aside, we find Mr. Wickham up to his same old devious games, and dead within the half of the book. (Yes, it takes far too long to get to the body, which adds to the boredom of it all.) The mystery was well laid out and I loved the way Johnathan Darcy and Miss Tinley played into the story. It was a clean mystery that had you discovering dirty secrets through connecting with members of the party throughout the unraveling of the culprit. I was surprised by the twist at the end, and glad with how everything turned out.
I could see this turning into a mystery series, with the two amateur sleuths at the helm.
Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book. (