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https://popculturenerd.com/2010/02/09/book-review-marcus-sakeys-the-amateurs
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:57:22 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26By: Lenore
https://popculturenerd.com/2010/02/09/book-review-marcus-sakeys-the-amateurs/comment-page-1#comment-3203
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:02:00 +0000https://popculturenerd.com/?p=7907#comment-3203That excerpt is kinda chilling. Who WOULD suspect normal people like that of committing a crime? Sounds like this novel is very timely. Everybody’s desperate right now. Off to library to see if they have a copy…
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Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:18:28 +0000https://popculturenerd.com/?p=7907#comment-3191Eric, I can’t seem to sit still long enough to get the numb bum syndrome, no matter how gripping the book is. 🙂 Thanks so much for this wonderful review ~ it does sound like something you’d see on film. And another one to add to the list!!
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Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:48:20 +0000https://popculturenerd.com/?p=7907#comment-3190I read Sakey’s “At the City’s Edge” last year and was impressed. His writing is compelling…would find myself with mouth agape thinking ‘damn!’ He reminds me of Michael Ledwidge who wrote “The Narrowback” some years ago + it was terrific. Yet Sakey’s writing has more of an edge. Leaves you uncomfortable because his characters could be any of us. We hear/read everyday of people driven to such measures + fail. Makes one wonder if you’d take such chances. I am definitely going to read his other books.
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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:10:17 +0000https://popculturenerd.com/?p=7907#comment-3187I went after the rights to The Blade Itself and didn’t get there in time. It’s not official, but supposedly Chris Pine will play the lead. Not so impressed with that, but not my problem.
Didn’t know Amateurs was already optioned as well. It was on my desk to read.
Marcus is definitely someone to watch.
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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:45:39 +0000https://popculturenerd.com/?p=7907#comment-3186I like the excerpt a lot. It does indeed sound like something I overheard at a bar recently. Reading that made the hair on the back of my head stand up a bit. Very colloquial sounding.
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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:37:53 +0000https://popculturenerd.com/?p=7907#comment-3185I feel like flouting the rules everyday. Guess I’ll have to pick up this book to set me straight again :-). Thanks for the review.
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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:16:01 +0000https://popculturenerd.com/?p=7907#comment-3184Wow, you seem to have done some research, Jen! You’ll usually catch me slinking along the aisles of bookstores. LOL!
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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:11:55 +0000https://popculturenerd.com/?p=7907#comment-3183I can attest to GOOD PEOPLE being absolutely wonderful. THE BLADE ITSELF is up soon in my audio book rotation. TBI is being made (as a film) right now, I believe.
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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:07:24 +0000https://popculturenerd.com/?p=7907#comment-3182Sorry to hear about you never getting your book, Jen. I enjoyed The Amateurs so much, I’m going to read his three other novels. According to the dust jacket, they are all in development as films.
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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:15:14 +0000https://popculturenerd.com/?p=7907#comment-3181I just love Sakey’s work. A big part of the reason is what you mentioned, “he taps into an everyman way of speaking…”
I was supposed to have won this book in BBAW so I didn’t buy it, but it never came. Have to get my copy now.