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20 reviews
Gary Krist

Jove, 2001

Totally absorbing
I generally don't care much for or about thrillers, but I knew this author from his short story work, so I gave it a try. And I have to say, it hooked me from beginning to end, keeping me awake for most of two nights. The book follows the conventions of the thriller genre, but what makes it (for me) are the characterizations. This is the story of a dozen or so real and believable people, ...

The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 (Serial)

8 reviews

Houghton Mifflin, 1999

A Strong Collection
"The Best American Mystery Stories 1999" is a strong collection of modern crime related short stories that run the gamut from Private Eye tales to ameture sleuth stories to whodunnits? They are as varied as the authors themselves. Some giants of the genre check in here, including Lawrence Block with "Keller's Last Refuge," Loren Estleman with an Amos Walker short "Redneck," and John Updike with ...

Bad Chemistry

32 reviews
Gary Krist

Random House, 1997

A Different Kind of Drug Thriller
This is a very cool take on biotechnology and the new pharmacology. Most thrillers about drugs are about the usual recreational kind, but this one is about designer drugs that can change the way you are--that let you, in a sense, choose WHO you want to be. That plays into the character theme of the novel. We can "design" our consciousnesses, but does that mean we can know each other any better ...

The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche

25 reviews

Henry Holt, 2007

The best kind of non-fiction writing
This book is the best kind of non-fiction. The historical rigor doesn't get in the way of the narrative flow of the story, but the narrative flow doesn't water down the historical rigor, either. I think the main reason for this is that the author is primarily a novelist; this is his first non-fiction book. As he unfolds the story, it becomes an edge-of-your-seat tale of suspense. You can ...

Life: the man who kidnapped Barbara Mackle

1 review
Gary Steven Krist

Olympia Press, 1972

Egomaniac's view
This book is a good example of an egomaniac whose distorted view of life created a real nightmare for his victim and family, yet he tried to come off as the victimized one.

Men Seeking Women: Love and Sex On-line

1 review, ...

At Random, 2001

Great fun
"Men Seeking Women" is a genuinely entertaining collection of stories that all, in one way or another, center around sexual relations on the internet (with the curious exception of the last story by Po Bronson which, while good, doesn't seem to have anything to do with the rest of the collection). This is a really strong group of stories that explores the impact of the internet on the ...

Extravagance: A Novel

6 reviews

Broadway, 2002

Way underrated
I enjoyed this daring comparison between two economic booms and the moral struggles straddling them both. An enoyable undertaking from first to last.

Bone by Bone: Stories

1 review
Gary Krist

Harcourt, 1994

Intelligent, Readable, Often Profound
I read this after reading Krist's great thriller BAD CHEMISTRY. This collection is entirely different in some ways, but just as compelling. Krist gets into the heads of so many different kinds of people, and he always convinces. The last story especially stays with you long after you close the book. Best of all, things really happen in this collection, not like some literary collections, where ...

Bad Chemistry
Gary Krist

Random House, 1998

Der falsche Trip.
Gary Krist

Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt, 2001

Der Duft des Geldes
Gary Krist

Fischer Taschenbuch Vlg., 2007

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