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This is from the Dark Tower book series, widely regarded as Stephen King's magnum opus. I cannot recommend it enough. The first book is called The Gunslinger.
Also, please don't judge the series based on The Dark Tower movie that came out a short while back. I promise it is infinitely better than that.
I just read a really good book called The Devil All The Time I finished it in 24 hours it was that good. It's about messed up people/families/small towns- it's very dark, almost a horror novel but there's nothing "supernatural" about it. It's kind of Southern Gothic- If you like Cormac Mccarthy, Flannery O'Connor, Faulker etc you'll enjoy it. I'm trying to read the guy's other stuff ASAP.
I don't know if anybody has read Killer Fiction by Schaeffer. It's a collection of short stories he wrote filled with his fantasies. It is hard going trying to read them, I don't believe half of what he says but nevertheless he was one sick bastard
Sweden does have a murky past, one that some Swedish non-fiction authors have probably shone the brightest light on, and there are definitely a few communitarian aspects to that culture that can come as a surprise to Anglo-Americans, but blithely labeling it as fascist is something only particularly tendentious and pedantic ideologues would do.
Final Truth by Pee Wee Gaskins (Autobiography written by South Carolina's most infamous Serial Killer, incredibly brutal and stomach turning.)
The book is very expensive so the best you can do without spending hundreds is this scan:
Killer Fiction by Gerard John Schaefer, book written by convicted Serial Killer and ex Deputy Gerard Schaefer, which contains some of the most brutal stories that Schaefer would write, that Detectives believe contain details of his actual crimes.
https://www.amazon.com/Killer-Fiction-Stories-Convicted-Ex-Cop-ebook/dp/B003BRBCDS
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Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith is a must-read. Murder mystery in Soviet Russia, and it's part one of a trilogy. You can see a decent description and reviews on Amazon if you're interested here.
I almost forgot, I just read a book some of you might like. It's called The Devil All The Time and it was so good I read it in less than 24 hours. If you like Cormac McCarthy, Faulkner/Flannery O'Connor etc you'll love it- and I've read a lot of authors who ~wish~ they were them.
It's about messed up people/families/small towns, dark humor during horrific happenings, redemption/destruction etc. My description isn't even giving it justice. It's not for everyone but I recommend it highly.
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill should fit that criteria. It doesn’t have the same kind of questionable details Stephen King books can have, but it’s written by his son, who has a lot of the same voicing his fathers writing contains. It’s a great read!
No soy muy fan del género pero hace poco leí "NOS4A2" de Joe Hill y me gustó mucho. Además de que es el regalo perfecto para navidad por la ambientación.
Cully, get thee to a bookstore (or Amazon, whatever) and pick up the Dark Tower series by Stephen King! You'll find phrases, sayings, and words like this all throughout the series (and plenty of them are actual words, they are just rarely heard or seen nowadays).
I REALLY suggest getting the revised editions that King released, especially with the first book, The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger.
I liked The Serialist and Mystery Girl both by David Gordon. Not really slapstick funny, but I found them very tongue-in-cheek and was grinning the whole time I read them.
That is The Lady of Shadows before her joining, do ya ken?
Don't let her predicament fool - she is a gunslinger.
Susannah Dean, she of New York. Is hers a name new?
Then walk with Roland a spell, do it please ya. Sai King will tell you a tale to beat all tells... I'll set my watch and warrant on it.
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
Yeah this is spot on.
OP, if you want a good example of how to write it, check out the first pages of Agatha Christie's novel, And Then There Were None. She does something similar to what you're describing.
I'll put a link to the book on Amazon below. They let you look at the first pages for free.
That's alright, I'd say it's a book you definitely should read before you leave teenagehood, so I was just checking!
Recently I picked up <em>The Serialist</em> by David Gordon, and I find his writing style fantastically hilarious and enthralling. In fact, it led me to read his other two books (one novel, one a short-story collection) and I loved 'em all equally!
It is fantastic. It's the first part of a trilogy. It's written by a swede, Steig Larsson, who initially planned more books than just those three but died prematurely. It's actually a really sad story because the books became a gigantic success. He was not married to his long-time girlfriend, and his rights and profits fell into his estranged father and brother, whom he had extreme dislike for. I remember reading something about them even being mixed up in some Nazi-like stuff that he represented in his novels.
The book was also made into a great movie directed by David Fincher, director of Fight Club. I'd also recommend the movie. But the swedish adaptations were also made and I haven't seen those movies. The female lead from that movie hit it big in America and she was in Prometheus.
1) There's a saying in publishing: "80/20" (because 20% of the books make 80% of the money). Unless they get a lot of attention straight out of the gate, novels tend to be slow and steady earners, and even a lot of critical praise doesn't always translate into high sales. It may take years for a novel to earn out--it may never do so. However, there is still a strong belief among editors/publishers of fiction in the idea of "growing" a writer. A promising young writer's debut novel might not earn out right away, but if he/she continues to grow creatively and gain acclaim and respect that initial loss will be countered by the success of subsequent books (and, one hopes, accumulated "backlist" sales).
2) There's no "average" advance, really. So many factors go into determining an advance payment, and while an established novelist--with a solid track record--is more likely to get a larger advance (probably because they will be offered a multi-book contract), debut novelists can net in the high six figures if multiple editors are bidding on the book. (This is called an auction.)
3) I read a novel last year called THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME by Donald Ray Pollock. I think he previously had written a collection of short stories. It blew my mind, it was so fucking good (albeit dark). It got some great initial critical attention and I kept waiting for it to "break through" but, to my chagrin, it never quite did. http://www.amazon.com/The-Devil-Time-Donald-Pollock/dp/0307744868/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343008326&sr=8-1&keywords=devil+all+the+time
I've purchased about 20 Kindle books and only one has it disabled (Foundation).
Also fwiw, Girl With The Dragon Tattoo doesn't have it anymore
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was pretty good and worth a read.
I read Triggerfish Twist by Tim Dorsey at the recommendation of a relative. It's was incredibly lame and the humor was cringe-worthy.