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In Praise of The Double Bind
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"Artfully constructed and fiercely felt. . . Bohjalian. . .has deliberately wandered into thriller territory, rearranging our previous assumptions, producing the sense of shock we felt viewing The Sixth Sense. He's playing with our minds in a way that ultimately evokes not Fitzgerald but that master of deviousness, Alfred Hitchcock." "'The Double Bind' is simply one of the best written, most compelling, artfully woven novels to grace bookshelves in years. Immediately after the spellbinding surprise ending, readers will want to begin again at the first page. It's THAT good." "Artfully crafted, terrifying. . .Bohjalian has written a literary thriller." Bohjalian is a master of literary suspense. [He writes] the sorts of books people stay awake all night to finish, and exerts that same hypnotic tug. . . ." "Ingenious. . .Acknowledging the thin line between us and them, Bohjalian, at the same time, explores class and money to show, à la Fitzgerald, how the rich are different from you and me. He's compassionate about mental illness, wise about the healing power of art." "Critics are giving Bohjalian. . .high marks for The Double Bind." "An intriguing mix of fact and fiction. . .powerful. . .a shocker." "The most viscerally exciting of Bohjalian's books." Recommended by novelist and Cosmopolitan editor John Searles on The Today Show as a book "to curl up with" this winter. "Conflating literary lore, photographic analysis and meditations on homelessness and mental illness, Bohjalian produces his best and most complex fiction yet. Ultra-clever, and moving, too." |