The Exquisite - Laird Hunt

Category: Crime, Literature, Novel
Language: English
Keywords: existentialist Noir Post-9/11 New York City Surrealism The Anatomy Lesson Of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

Written by Laird Hunt
Read by Patrick Zeller
Format: MP3
Bitrate: Variable
Unabridged

Henry, a New Yorker left destitute by circumstance and obsession, is plucked from vagrancy by a shadowy outfit whose primary business is arranging for staged murders of anxiety-ridden clients unhinged by the “events downtown” and seeking to experience — and live through — their own carefully executed assassinations. When Henry joins this nefarious crew, which includes a beautiful blonde tattooist named Tulip, contortionist twins, and a woman referred to only as “the knockout,” he becomes inextricably linked to its ringleader, the mysterious herring connoisseur Mr. Kindt, whose identity can be traced through twists and turns all the way back to the corpse depicted in Rembrandt’s The Anatomy Lesson. Substantive, stylish, and darkly comic, The Exquisite is a skillful dissection of reality, human connection, and the very nature of existence.

Jan 5 2021
6 hrs and 38 mins