When I was a little girl, I spent countless hours swooning over and listening to Simon Le Bon and the rest of Duran Duran. Fast forward to my adult life and I'm still swooning, although these days it's mostly authors and their books that have my inner fangirl all giddy. (Although Jason Statham and Ray Winstone can still bring out my swooning fangirl persona with just one word or look. Ahem...where was I? Oh yes, books...)
Today I noticed (thanks, Twitter) that Simon Le Bon had posted a review of an amazing book: FUN & GAMES by the insanely talented author, Duane Swierczynski. Simon loved it, ending his review with "If you like a relentless sleaze-action read then you are going to lov, and I mean L-O-V this. I know that I did, Yeh!" and I couldn't agree more.
The book will be out in June (from Mullholland Books) and I hope to post my own full review soon, but for now just let me say I loved *every single page* of it and believe that this is a book that should not be missed. If you've never read any of Swierczynski's earlier work, get thee to the library, bookstore or favourite e-reader and remedy the situation. You won't be sorry, and you may even find yourself swooning a little too.
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Posted by: Jan | April 15, 2011 at 05:18 AM
Thanks for the info.
Ann
Posted by: Ann | April 18, 2011 at 10:54 PM
Duran Duran has enchanted my childhood and adolescence and they are still on top list, I will never have enough about their music.
I didn't heard about Swierczynski but know that you mention it I will check for it .
Posted by: Miami | April 28, 2011 at 07:29 AM
Funny thing, I bought Fun & Games also today. Duane Swierczynski is a very talented young writer. I have seen you got Anthony Neil Smith on your blogroll. Have you read the Billy Lafitte Saga? It's pretty intense.
Posted by: Benoit Lelievre | June 21, 2011 at 03:28 PM
I haven't heard of this. Thanks for the info.
Ann
Posted by: Ann | July 03, 2011 at 05:35 PM
I have to admit I've never swooned over Duran-Duran, I'm sure my wife will be happy to read that, but I am always looking for a new author. I'll have to look up Duane Swierczynski on amazon. Do you know if his novels are available on Kindle?
Posted by: Ronald S. Barrios, author of Blood Drops | July 08, 2011 at 06:01 AM
Other than I'm not exactly sure what sleaze-action means, i'm captivated by your enthusiasm for the book. It sounds golden, and I look forward to the full review.
Posted by: Andrew Statezny | September 08, 2011 at 04:32 PM
I rather like the term 'sleaze-action.' I shall certainly check this out.
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