It's been a while since i've been able to write about a book i'm reading...probably because i don't get to read a much as i'd like to...probably because having an infant in your house makes reading so much harder than it used to be. (Seriously, i've gone from 2-3 books a month to 1 and a half in the last four months.) That being said, i'm about 250 pages into Marisha Pessl's newest opus, "Night Film," and i'm loving every paragraph. It's part detective novel, part thriller, part horror story, part mystery, and delightfully engaging. The plot revolved around a disgraced journalist investigating the apparent suicide of the daughter of a reclusive film director. The director, one Stanislas Cordova, is made to be a kind of cross between Dario Argento and Stanley Kubrick, and Pessl writes about his fictional films so vividly, i could totally see myself getting lost int he madman's filmography. As a bonus to the narrative, there is an app to download and take screen shots of noted pages in the book that give further and additional information, or just take you in the wrong direction entirely. Cool stuff.
A couple of months ago, i read an article about this novel that likened it to Mark Danielewski's "House of Leaves," using modern technology and phone and tablet apps in the same way that book used footnotes and appendixes. (If you haven't read "House of Leaves," get on that shit right now.)
Now, while i haven't finished "Night Film" yet, i'm loving it, and so baring some tragic and horrible stupid bullshit, it gets my wholehearted recommendation. Here is some appropriately themed music to soundtrack the read from Goblin and Ennio Morricone.
Go read this book now!
I am SOLD on reading this book. Awesome recommendation, as always sir!!!
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