Jesse Kellerman
Autor/a de The Brutal Art
Sobre l'autor
Jesse Kellerman was born on September 1, 1978 in Los Angeles, California. Before going to college, he took a year off to study at a men's religious seminary in Israel. He studied psychology, with an emphasis on evolution and antisocial behavior, at Harvard University and received a Master's of Fine mostra'n més Arts in theater from Brandeis University. He has written numerous novels including The Executor, The Genius, Trouble and Sunstroke. He has won several awards for his writing, including the 2003 Princess Grace Award, given to America's most promising young playwright. Jesse Kellerman co-wrrote bestseller, The Golem of Hollywood, with his father Jonathan Kellerman. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Jesse Kellerman
The Golem of Shanghai (Detective Jacob Lev, #3) 1 exemplars
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- Nom normalitzat
- Kellerman, Jesse
- Nom oficial
- Kellerman, Jesse Oren
- Data de naixement
- 1978-09-01
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Berkeley, California, USA
- Educació
- Harvard University (BA ∙ )
Brandeis University (MFA ∙ 2003) - Professions
- novelist
playwright - Relacions
- Kellerman, Jonathan (vader)
Kellerman, Faye (moeder) - Premis i honors
- Princess Grace Award (2003)
Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle
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Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 15
- També de
- 2
- Membres
- 3,642
- Popularitat
- #6,955
- Valoració
- 3.3
- Ressenyes
- 184
- ISBN
- 198
- Llengües
- 5
- Preferit
- 5
- Pedres de toc
- 70
The main character is a snobbish professional student who spends an extraordinary amount of time agonizing over trivia matters. Suddenly, when faced with a life threatening situation, he changes into a cold-blooded killer. The shift is abrupt and so complete as to sound like an entirely different person from one half of the story to the next.
Adding to the problems of almost implausible character behavior is the audiobook narrator’s mispronunciation of several words.
What saves the story from a single-star rating is the interesting, if self-involved theme, and the old woman who dies.… (més)