My Name Is Nathan Lucius, Mark Winkler
My Name Is Nathan Lucius, Mark Winkler
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My Name Is Nathan Lucius

Author: Mark Winkler

Narrator: Gideon Emery

Unabridged: 6 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/06/2018


Synopsis

A modern-day Crime and Punishment, this American debut is a glittering noir gem that will appeal to readers of Irvine Welsh, Chuck Palahniuk, Thomas Harris and Dennis Lehane How far would you go for your best friend? If she begged you to, would you kill her? Nathan Lucius, 31, is an ad salesman at a local Cape Town newspaper. Disaffected, hard-drinking and plagued by nightmares, Nathan lives alone with only one true friend, a woman named Madge. But Madge is dying slowly of cancer, and when she asks Nathan to end her pain, she sets off a shocking string of events.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paltia

A journey that exposes what might happen when helplessness and betrayal turns to rage. What a magnificent reversal this story takes the reader on. None but maybe the most astute person would see what was coming though there were signs and plenty of them to guide one to the outcome. These signs, as I......more

Goodreads review by Pam

I got an Advance Uncopyedited Edition of this book because of National Bookstore's online contest for the Manila International Book fair 2018! That thing we all think that we're significant, that we matter. When in reality, we're forgotten before we're born. When are footprints are so shallow......more

Nathan is not suppose to be a likeable character. However, I couldn't help myself liking him. I realised not far into the book that something must have happened to him as a child. He is one of those highly intelligent people that has so much potential and then all gets fucked up because of some traum......more

MY NAME IS NATHAN LUCIUS is by no means your typical thriller. Those who are looking for something that is a bit different but still keeps its nose firmly tucked within the crime and suspense genres will find this off-kilter offering of particular interest. This sophomore effort by Mark Winkler ---......more