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| Original Title: | Night Film |
| ISBN: | 0812979788 (ISBN13: 9780812979787) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Scott McGrath, Stanislas Cordova, Ashley Cordova, Hopper Cole, Nora Halliday, Irene Gallo |
| Setting: | New York State(United States) New York City, New York,2011(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Shirley Jackson Award Nominee for Novel (Finalist) (2013), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2013) |
Marisha Pessl
Paperback | Pages: 640 pages Rating: 3.78 | 71494 Users | 10155 Reviews
Details Containing Books Night Film
| Title | : | Night Film |
| Author | : | Marisha Pessl |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 640 pages |
| Published | : | July 1st 2014 by Random House Trade Paperbacks (first published July 16th 2013) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Horror. Mystery Thriller |
Explanation As Books Night Film
On a damp October night, 24-year-old Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Though her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise. As he probes the strange circumstances surrounding Ashley's life and death, McGrath comes face-to-face with the legacy of her father: the legendary, reclusive cult-horror film director Stanislaus Cordova--a man who hasn't been seen in public for more than thirty years.For McGrath, another death connected to this seemingly cursed family dynasty seems more than just a coincidence. Though much has been written about Cordova's dark and unsettling films, very little is known about the man himself.
Driven by revenge, curiosity, and a need for the truth, McGrath, with the aid of two strangers, is drawn deeper and deeper into Cordova's eerie, hypnotic world. The last time he got close to exposing the director, McGrath lost his marriage and his career. This time he might lose even more.
Rating Containing Books Night Film
Ratings: 3.78 From 71494 Users | 10155 ReviewsColumn Containing Books Night Film
This is a big rambling tome that qualifies as one of those love it or hate it books. It may drag you in and drown you in its theatrical intensity, leaving you craving even more than the six hundred plus pages it provides or maybe itll switch you off and have you tossing it on the DNF pile, and pretty quicksmart too. So where do I sit on this one? Well, paradoxically I sit in both camps. Let me explain.Scott McGrath is a well respected investigative journalist who has made a career out ofWhatever the truth about Cordova, within fifteen horrifying films, he taught us how our eyes and minds perpetually deceive us--that what we know to be certain never is.In the shadows stood a girl in a red coat.Stanislas Cordova disappeared from public life thirty years ago. Scott McGrath, an investigative reporter, made an attempt to uncover the truth about Cordova and his films. McGrath paid a heavy price financially when Cordova sued him, and also professionally when some of his allegations
(4.5)HOLY MOLY THIS BOOK WAS FANTASTIC. F A N T A S T I C. The only reason I'm giving it a 4.5 is because it felt unnecessarily long. Even though I flew through this sucker, I feel like it could have been condensed a bit. Other than that this was SO SO SO GOOD. AHHH.
Either Im a lot dumber than I thought, or this book isnt as smart as it thinks it is. Or maybe both. Ambiguity! Its a bitch. Scott McGrath used to be a hotshot investigative journalist until he started looking into mysterious and reclusive film director Stanilas Cordova who has been holed up in his remote estate making underground masterpieces of suspense that seem to ruin the lives of almost everyone involved with them. (Think M. Night Shyamalan before we all realized that he actually sucks.)
**4.5-stars**Night Film is a complete and total mindf*ck. It is really good. Like, really, really good. Creative, dark and gripping.It wraps you up in this world of Cordova and has you second guessing everyone, even yourself. Who is Cordova? In this story, he is an uber-famous film director; mysterious and untouchable. He is the shadow that looms over this entire book. Our protagonist, Scott McGrath, is a fallen-from-grace investigative reporter who becomes fixated on the apparent suicide of
(4.5)HOLY MOLY THIS BOOK WAS FANTASTIC. F A N T A S T I C. The only reason I'm giving it a 4.5 is because it felt unnecessarily long. Even though I flew through this sucker, I feel like it could have been condensed a bit. Other than that this was SO SO SO GOOD. AHHH.
Back in high school English class, when the topic turned to themes or leitmotifs or metaphors that was my cue to zone out and explore my theoretical sex life; consequently, a book that wears this kind of stuff on its sleeve has a tendency to leave me cold it all swirls around a creepy, reclusive film director whose work challenges his fans to rethink what the meaning of life is all about. (Whatever happened to Joel Schumacher?) Toss in the death of his daughter (Did she jump or was she
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