Curioddity, Paul Jenkins
Curioddity, Paul Jenkins
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Curioddity
A Novel

Author: Paul Jenkins

Narrator: PJ Ochlan

Unabridged: 12 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/30/2016

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Will Morgan is a creature of habit—a low-budget insurance detective who walks to and from work with the flow of one-way traffic, and for whom imagination is a thing of the distant past. When a job opportunity enters the frame in the form of the mysterious Mr. Dinsdale—curator of the ever so slightly less-than-impressive Curioddity Museum—Will reluctantly accepts the task of finding a missing box of levity (the opposite of gravity). What he soon learns, however, is that there is another world out there—a world of magic we can only see by learning to un-look at things—and in this world there are people who want to close the Curioddity museum down. With the help of his eccentric new girlfriend Lucy, Will will do everything he can to deliver on his promise to help Mr. Dinsdale keep the Curioddity Museum in business.

Curioddity is Paul Jenkins’ debut novel... exciting, fast-paced, and uncanny. A must-read.

About Paul Jenkins

PAUL JENKINS is a British born comic writer who lives in Atlanta, GA. He began his career at Mirage Studios working on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Jenkins has written some of the biggest characters for Marvel and DC Comics, including Spider-Man, Batman, Incredible Hulk, and Hellblazer. He is best known for reviving The Inhumans as part of Marvel Knights and creating The Sentry for Marvel Comics. Jenkins also writes for video games on hits like The Darkness, Incredible Hulk, and God of War.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carrie on August 10, 2016

Will Morgan is a private investigator that rarely ever gets any actual work. When approached by Mr. Dinsdale he's quite curious as to what the mysterious man would want to hire him for but after hearing his story he thinks this has to be a joke. Mr. Dinsdale want's will to find a wooden box for him......more

Goodreads review by Megalion on August 13, 2016

What the synopsis doesn't mention is that Will had a lovely creative woman for a mother. Most little boys would agree because a mom that encourages you to blow up things to learn how they work? Divine! However, she dies in an experiment at work. Her husband and son were so bereft at her loss that the......more

Goodreads review by All Things Urban Fantasy on September 05, 2016

Review courtesy of All Things Urban Fantasy: CURIODDITY starts a bit slowly, like a strange roller coaster. It's a sluggish start, if well written, highlighting just how boring Wil’s life is at the beginning of the book. Luckily, we quickly nosedive into the action when it starts. I read the first th......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on August 30, 2016

This was okay. I really liked parts of it, especially when Will's life started to turn around. The writing was good. I did have some problems though. The story didn't hold interest at times, the pacing felt off, and I just expected something a bit different than what I got.......more

Goodreads review by Marvin on August 10, 2016

In Curioddity by Paul Jenkins, we have a emotionally oppressed gentleman by the name of Wil Morgan who lives in a life-long struggle between the imaginative and the mundane. His mother, who died when he was young, encouraged a fantastical approach to life. "Your eyes only sees what your mind lets yo......more

Quotes

"A redemptive myth for a mythless age. Clearly Paul Jenkins is a pseudonym for Lewis Carroll collaborating with Douglas Adams." - New York Times Bestselling author Mike Carey

"A grimly funny little black book, as perfectly peculiar as a 21st Century mystery story should be."
- New York Times Bestselling author Warren Ellis

“Marvelously weird and imaginative, Paul Jenkins’ debut soars!” - Christopher Golden

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