Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Ten top experimental thrillers

Tony White is the author of the critically-acclaimed novel Foxy-T (2003) and a new novel The Fountain in the Forest. One of his top ten experimental thrillers, as shared at the Guardian:
Cast in Doubt by Lynne Tillman

Horace is a slightly washed-up gay American novelist – author of the “Stan Green” detective series – living the expat life in 70s Crete. As well as “tossing off” the Stan Greens, and planning a more ambitious historical novel, he is also keeping the rather bitchy journal that we find ourselves reading. When his young friend and neighbour Helen suddenly disappears, it is Horace’s cue to do some investigations of his own, but unfortunately he is no Stan Green.
Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue