Tobias Carroll And lo: there was the literature of jet-lag. The second time around, the strengths of William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition remained intact: haunted characters and a pinpoint command of culture. Its flaws — notably, a conclusion that effectively sidelines the novel’s protagonist — remained present. And still, Pattern Recognition may well be my favorite of Gibson’s books: a morally resonant, deeply contemporary thriller that hits nearly all of my sweet spots. (Mysterious films, subcultural intrigue, globetrotting.) Were I fond of […]
Tim Kinsella, Novelist.
Posted by Tobias Carroll It shouldn’t come as a shock that Tim Kinsella had a novel in him. Ever since the Cap’n Jazz days, the man’s had a fondness for verbally dense lyrics that manipulated language in ways equally cerebral and playful — qualities useful in both a prose stylist and an art-punk vocalist. Now comes the news that Chicago’s featherproof books will release Kinsella’s first novel, The Karaoke Singer’s Guide to Self-Defense, this fall. The description refers to it […]