JACK O'CONNELL
Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m.

The Resurrectionist (Algonquin), Jack O'Connell's newest novel, works as a thriller in one sphere, and a brilliant charting of psychology in another. "Two worlds wrapped tight in gloomy gothic trappings vie for dominance in this engrossing, elaborately staged exploration of consciousness ... It's a measure of O'Connell's immense talent that, while creating his absolutely original and hyperbolic world, he also paints a striking vision of the haunting ways in which life and art mirror each other ... This strange brew is sure to enhance O'Connell's growing cult status." - Publishers Weekly. "The Resurrectionist—a brilliantly tuned, mesmerizing labyrinth of a quasi-real world as only a master artist could draw it—will jazz you, floor you, grab you, and shake you and leave you hung out to dry in that world. A brilliant break-through novel." - James Ellroy.

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