Bloodland - by Alan Glynn (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A helicopter crash off the coast of Ireland sends unexpected ripples through the international community in this intricate new thriller from the author of "Winterland" and "Limitless."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A Picador Paperback Original</p><p>A helicopter crash off the coast of Ireland sends unexpected ripples through the international community in this intricate new thriller from the author of <i>Winterland</i> and <i>Limitless </i>(now a major motion picture).</p><p>Susie Monaghan was on the cusp of stardom when her life was cut short by a tragic helicopter crash. After a full investigation, her death was ruled an accident: case closed. But a hungry young journalist named Jimmy Gilroy isn't buying the official story. Before dying, Susie's path had crossed with an unlikely gallery of powerful men: an ex-Prime minister with a carefully guarded secret; the businessman brother of a U.S. Senator angling for the Oval Office; and a billionaire investor with his eye on an extremely rare commodity. Might there also be a link between Susie's death and a deranged security contractor operating in Congo? Piece by piece, Jimmy uncovers a bizarre nexus of coincidence among these disparate people and events, revealing a conspiracy of frightening reach and consequence--one that could cost him his life.</p><p>Set against a vividly drawn world of corporate and political intrigue, Alan Glynn's <i>Bloodland</i> is a riveting paranoid thriller of uncommon depth and page-turning suspense.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Ripped from tomorrow's headlines, <i>Bloodland</i> is irresistible....Exhilarating." --<i>Val McDermid</i></p><p>"Glynn plays out these grand themes--the global economic crisis, America's battle with China for dominance in Africa, the human costs of illegal mining--on a very personal scale, through a group of deeply flawed but compelling characters." --<i>NPR</i></p><p>"Glynn spins a seamless web of conspiracy spanning three continents....I read <i>Bloodland </i>twice, the second time for the rare pleasure of watching a first-rate investigative reporter--and novelist--at work." --<i>The Daily Beast</i></p><p>"Stunningly intricate...like an amped-up twenty-first-century version of Dashiell Hammett's <i>The Glass Key</i>." --<i>Los Angeles Review of Books</i></p><p>"A classic paranoid thriller... In a year of global economic disasters, scandalous political mismanagement and the attempted occupation of various strategic interests by 'the 99%, ' <i>Bloodland </i>is a very timely novel indeed." --<i>Declan Burke, January Magazine (A Best Book of the Year)</i></p><p>"Imagine a first-rate investigative reporter digging into global corruption and turning what he learns into fast-paced fiction, and you have Irish noir star Glynn." --<i>Jane Ciabattari, BBC.com (Crime Writers to Read Now)</i></p><p>"Powerfully engaging...A thriller has to thrill. And <i>Bloodland</i>, an intelligent, often thrilling book, delivers." --<i>The Richmond Times-Dispatch</i></p><p>"Scarily plausible in a way that eludes most thriller writers, with an alarmingly authentic cast of control freaks and loose cannons...I've not read such a multilayered, expertly plotted portrayal of arrogance, greed, and hubris in a long time. [There are] echoes of John le Carré, <i>24</i>, and James Ellroy here, but Glynn's talent is all his own, and his ability to ratchet up the tension is eye-popping." --<i>The Guardian (London)</i></p><p>"A tightly woven picture of global corporate influence and corruption. Glynn's work has drawn comparisons to John le Carré... [which] usefully illuminates Bloodland's bold, pointed topicality... From the inauspicious beginnings of a dead reality TV star, Glynn's great novel finds an impressive, surprising scope." --<i>The Portland Mercury</i></p><p>"A cracking conspiracy thriller worthy of le Carré, set in the dark heart of the Congo, Ireland, and New York." --<i>Irish Independent (Dublin)</i></p><p>"Gripping...Glynn builds up the tension skillfully....He seems at home writing about intrigue on both sides of the Atlantic...[and] utterly at ease whether writing about troubled Dublin businessmen, former private military contractors with post-traumatic stress disorder, bitter politicians, or high-flying corporate masters of the universe....But while <i>Bloodland</i> makes some serious points, it never forgets that a good thriller is there to entertain the reader as well as to make [one] think---and this is a very entertaining book." --<i>The Irish Times (Dublin)</i></p><p>"Alan Glynn has created enough twists and thrills to keep readers up late--even without resorting to illegal and dangerous substances." --<i>The New York Times Book Review on Limitless</i></p><p>"A compulsive chemical thriller." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle on Limitless</i></p><p>"Timely, topical, and thrilling." --<i>John Connolly on Winterland</i></p><p>"A terrific read . . . completely involving." --<i>George Pelecanos on Winterland</i></p><p>"<i>Winterland</i> sets a dramatically high benchmark for emerald noir. With all the operatic inevitability of Greek tragedy, it anatomises what greed has done to Ireland. A resonant, memorable, and uncomfortable read." --<i>Val McDermid on Winterland</i></p><p>"A heavyweight, grow-up thriller . . . Emotionally truthful, with a plausible cast, and told in wonderfully fluent prose, <i>Winterland</i> is a gripping tale of a world of greed and secrets." --<i>The Guardian (London) on Winterland</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Alan Glynn</b> is a graduate of Trinity College. His first novel, <i>The Dark Fields</i>, was released in March 2011 as the movie <i>Limitless</i> by Relativity Media. He is also the author of <i>Winterland.</i></p>
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