All My Colors

All My Colors

Taschenbuch
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Beschreibung

The Twilight Zone meets black comedy in this supernatural revenge parody from the “smart, funny, and unique” Emmy-winning writer of Veep (Neil Gaiman)

When an aspiring writer—and well-known jerk—plagiarizes a book only he seems to remember, he’s dogged by consequences straight out of a horror novel

It is March 1979 in DeKalb Illinois. Todd Milstead is a wannabe writer, a serial adulterer, and a jerk—only tolerated by his friends because he throws the best parties with the best booze. During one such party, Todd shows off his perfect recall, quoting poetry and literature word for word plucked from his eidetic memory. When he begins quoting from a book no one else seems to know, a novel called All My Colors, Todd is incredulous. He can quote it from cover to cover—and yet it doesn't seem to exist.

With a looming divorce and mounting financial worries, Todd finally tries to write a novel, with the vague idea of making money from his talent. The only problem is he can't write. But the book—All My Colors—is there in his head. Todd makes a decision: he will “write” this book that nobody but him can remember. After all, if nobody’s heard of it, how can he get into trouble?

As the dire consequences of his actions come home to both Todd and his long-suffering friends, it becomes clear that there is a high—and painful—price to pay for his crime.
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Todd, wannabe author & huge asshole, suddenly remembers a book - remembers the full story paragraph by paragraph - but nobody else seems to remember that the book ever existed. And so Todd decides to write if himself - hungry for fame and money the book almost possesses him. Everything goes so well...but he quickly realizes that the dreams coming true are nightmares in disguise. ------ SPOILERS - - - - - - - This book is fun! You get a good look into the publishing industry with our main character Todd trying to become the next Stephen King. Todd is honestly such a jerk (kudos to the author. He wrote his assholeness so well). He's arrogant and narcissistic and is also not contributing anything to society. But when the book idea gets into his head and he suddenly is able to write, you almost cheer for him. There was one point when I really wanted him to succeed because deep down he's a decent human being that is capable of loving and kindness. We saw how his personality has shifted throughout the book and that was so well made. It was an incredible change but also believable. I was really disappointed in him when he fell back in this old toxic ways. "what a f***ing ass"i wanted to scream. The storyline is funny and disturbing at the same time. I love the revenge aspect of it and how the story proceeded at the end with so many more scenarios from the past. It was super interesting. Like a curse that can't be broken and haunts generations of generations. The muse of death - nice!

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