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Real Easy de Marie Rutkoski

Real Easy: Holt Paperbacks

Autor Marie Rutkoski
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 apr 2023

Observăm o schimbare radicală de ton pentru Marie Rutkoski. După succesul seriilor fantastice precum The Winner's Curse sau The Hollow Heart, autoarea părăsește regatele imaginare pentru realismul brutal al anului 1999. Real Easy nu este doar un titlu; este o ironie amară. Totul începe la Lovely Lady, un club de striptease unde Samantha își câștigă existența. O decizie impulsivă. O mașină scoasă de pe carosabil. Un cadavru lipsește. Tensiunea se instalează instantaneu. Descoperim aici o structură narativă densă, unde vocea Samanthei se împletește cu cea a Georgiei și a detectivei Holly. Nu este un simplu roman polițist. Este o radiografie a supraviețuirii. În tradiția lui Ivy Pochoda și a volumului său These Women, acest roman refuză să transforme victimele în simple statistici. Rutkoski reimaginează thrillerul cu criminali în serie, mutând reflectorul de pe făptaș pe rețeaua complexă de femei care îi supraviețuiesc. Ritmul este alert, sacadat, mimând bătăile de inimă ale unei urmăriri în noapte. Stilul este tăios, dar surprinzător de empatic. Dacă în lucrările anterioare Rutkoski explora jocurile de putere în imperii fictive, aici analizează dinamica periculoasă a puterii din lumea reală. Este o lectură viscerală care forțează cititorul să privească direct spre pericolele ascunse în spatele luminilor de neon.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781250869883
ISBN-10: 1250869889
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 137 x 210 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: St. Martins Press
Colecția Holt Paperbacks
Seria Holt Paperbacks

De ce să citești această carte

Pentru cititorii care caută un thriller psihologic cu greutate literară și personaje feminine memorabile. Real Easy oferă o perspectivă onestă asupra vieții la marginea societății, fiind ideal pentru fanii prozei semnate de Tana French. Câștigi o poveste captivantă despre solidaritate și curaj, care depășește clișeele genului polițist prin profunzime emoțională și un realism tulburător.

Despre autor

Marie Rutkoski este o scriitoare americană de succes, cunoscută la nivel internațional pentru trilogia The Winner's Curse, un bestseller New York Times. Născută în Illinois, a studiat la universități de prestigiu precum Harvard și Iowa, fiind în prezent profesoară de literatură engleză la Brooklyn College. Deși s-a consacrat prin literatura pentru copii și tineri adulți, demonstrând o măiestrie deosebită în construirea lumilor fantastice, Rutkoski face cu Real Easy un pas decisiv către ficțiunea pentru adulți. Experiența sa academică și pasiunea pentru Shakespeare se reflectă în precizia limbajului și în complexitatea temelor abordate.

Descriere scurtă

Bringing to mind Gillian Flynn and Tana French but completely unique, Marie Rutkoski's Real Easy is a compulsive, tenacious, and unexpectedly hopeful thriller.

"[R]iveting...An adrenaline ride filled with grit and compassion."
-People, Book of the Week

It's 1999 and Samantha has danced for years at the Lovely Lady strip club. She's not used to mixing work and friendship-after all, between her jealous boyfriend and his young daughter, she has enough on her plate. But the newest dancer is so clueless that Samantha feels compelled to help her learn the hustle and drama of the club: how to sweet-talk the boss, fit in with the other women, and make good money. One night, when the new girl needs a ride home, Samantha agrees to drive: a simple decision that turns deadly.

Georgia, another dancer drawn into the ensuing murder and missing person investigation, gathers information for Holly, a grieving detective determined to solve the case. Georgia just wants to help, but her involvement makes her a target. As Holly and Georgia round up their suspects, the story's point of view shifts between dancers, detectives, children, club patrons-and the killer.

Drawing on her experience as a former dancer, Marie Rutkoski immerses us in the captivating world of the club, which comes alive with complicated people trying their best to protect themselves and those they love. Character-driven and masterfully plotted, Real Easy gets to the heart of the timeless question: How do women live their lives knowing that men can hurt them?

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'Very possibly the best crime fiction book since Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects' Neel Mukherjee

Three Women meets Tana French in a compulsive, unflinching and unexpectedly hopeful thriller set in a midwestern strip club.

'Gritty, glittery and pulsing with life' Sara Sligar
'Bold, compelling, brutal and brilliant' Chris Whitaker

It's 1999, and Samantha has danced for years at the Lovely Lady strip club.

She's not used to taking anyone under her wing - after all, between her disapproving boyfriend and his daughter, who may as well be her own child, she has enough to worry about. But when Samantha overrides her better judgment to drive a new dancer home, they are run off the road. The police arrive at the scene of the accident - but find only one body.

Georgia, another dancer, is drawn into the investigation as she tries to assist Holly, a detective with a complicated story of her own. As the point of view shifts from police officers and detectives to club patrons, the women circle around a list of suspects, all the while grappling with their own understanding of loss and love.

As they get closer to the truth they must each confront a fundamental question:

How do women live their lives knowing that men can hurt them?

⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐

'A suspenseful, beautifully written story' Reader review

'Possibly the only thriller I've read that's made me cry at the end' Reader review

'A difficult one to put down. I highly recommend it' Reader review

'My favourite thriller published in years . . . unique and character driven' Reader review

'A stellar debut . . . fascinating' Reader review

'A well written and carefully plotted mystery with flawed, captivating characters . . . a must read! Reader review

Recenzii

Very possibly the best crime fiction book since Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects, Real Easy is turn-your-phone-off-and-cancel-all-your-meetings gripping. But it is also so much more than that: every character is instantly alive and recognisable the moment they appear on the page; the writing is sustainedly beautiful and intelligent, at times lyrical, at others, sassy and crackling; and the psychological underpinnings are unerring, resonant, utterly convincing. This book is a winner, whichever way you turn it
This book blew me away. Real Easy is an electric thrill ride that takes a hard look at the high price women pay for men's desire. Rutkoski renders her characters with exquisite compassion and detail, even as the book accelerates toward an unforgettable conclusion. Gritty, glittery, and pulsing with life
With a fully-realized world, a compelling mystery, fascinating characters, and beautiful prose, Marie Rutkoski's Real Easy will capture readers and stay in their minds forever. It is absolutely unputdownable.
Bold, compelling, brutal and brilliant. On the surface Real Easy is the kind of gritty, gripping mystery I just adore, yet it's also full of heart and hope and the most endearing characters.
Rutkoski is that rare gem: a writer whose prose is as splendid as her plotting. The result is a taut thriller with the potency of a poem, a propulsive story at once brutal, elegant, and impossible to put down.
This is what crime fiction should be. Authentic in tone, fearless in execution. Masterfully crafted, irresistibly readable. An instant classic.
With gorgeous prose, well-drawn characters, and crackling suspense, Real Easy is an unforgettable thriller that stuck with me long after the last page. Beneath the drum-tight plot is a brilliant examination of femininity, safety, and the roles women play. I couldn't put it down
Authentic, gritty and moving with taut, controlled prose - a very impressive debut
A stunner. A feminist crime novel about a strip club and the women who work there. I couldn't put it down
Multiple narrators including dancers, their relatives, detectives, club patrons and the killer himself offer a kaleidoscopic view of a morally precarious world where male desire is a whisker away from male violence. With a cast of fully realised characters - the cops have troubles of their own, and life at the club, with its overlay of sleazy glamour, is balanced by domestic vignettes and quotidian concerns - this is a familiar story told in a way that packs a real emotional punch.
More interested in psychology than in thrills, but always holds your gaze
A serial killer novel with a difference, avoiding sensationalism and focusing on the vulnerability of the victims
A bold, female-centric thriller
A literary crime novel in the Gillian Flynn mould, with real heart and soul
Packs a real emotional punch
Real Easy is a gripping, serial-killer thriller with several eye-popping shock moments, but more thoughtfully, is an examination of the dangers facing women