Thor Garcia – författare

From Thor Garcia, author of the monumental The News Clown-whose "e;flashy, satirical style keeps the narrative fresh, entertaining and eminently readable throughout"e; (Publishers Weekly)-comes a compelling collection of interlocking stories, Only Fools Die of Heartbreak. The hellraising, nightmarish genius of Thor Garcia has returned in this explosive collection of sordid, hilarious, gut-twisting tales. Meet the infamous Lenka, the mournful cripple who never met a penis she didn't want to chop. Or Cleo Blump, beaten and raped from an early age, who rises to lead the Blond Revolution. There's father Ernie, the athletic standout who never did care much for being a man. And George P., the poet and ex-boxer who finds it all floating out of his grasp. Meet Halingwhorst, the drunk, once-scorned writer, as he edges toward unimaginable triumph. And the anonymous man ruined by divorce, who runs into a dangerously un-smooth criminal on the day Michael Jackson died. Jump on and let Thor Garcia take you on a hard-drinking, hard-living drive. It's a no-holes-barred assassination of our world today. The horror, madness and humor - along with the impeccable dialogue and fast-moving prose - of Only Fools Die of Heartbreak will leave you breathless.

"e;A flashy, satirical style keeps the narrative fresh, entertaining and eminently readable throughout"e; - Publishers Weekly. "e;Like Hunter S. Thompson meets Russ Meyer's Under the Valley of the Supervixens meets Daft Punk - wearing a press pass and a smiley badge to a San Francisco gangbang"e; - GoodreadsAn incendiary, high-velocity masterwork of unparalleled ambition hailed as the Book of the Century, THE NEWS CLOWN tells the story of Thor, a young man whose dreams of a literary career have been sidetracked into an undemanding job as a "e;news clown"e; for a small wire service in the crime-infested back alleys of Bay City. As Thor struggles with his inner demons, the national news clowns are cheering on President Wolfgang G. Mnung as he threatens a Middle Eastern dictator who may have stockpiled as many as 4,000 PlayStation video game units from which, according to sources, he might fashion a crude supercomputer to control weapons of untold devastation. Amid the struggle for fame and the big story, Thor falls for the wealthy attorney Chrissy, whose craving for booze and the high life are matched only by Thor's own. Heather, meanwhile, is dying, and Jerry thinks Christianity and Narcotics Anonymous might be the next cure for his failed rock career. Hank's high on killing Muslims and utopia, while Toby thinks his wife has turned to cottage cheese and is gunning to join the Marines. Kate, for her part, would like a baby. And Thor must suddenly deal with his father, who has been arrested and forced into rehab. THE NEWS CLOWN is punchy, raw, written in the tight, sinewy fashion of classic news wire service feed. Tension abounds between self-promotion and self-awareness. And it is funny as hell. THE NEWS CLOWN - a story of the smells, the sounds, the fears and petty triumphs in the life of the street reporter. THE NEWS CLOWN - a darkly-lit portrait of the USA during the War On Terror, from the bloodstained ghetto street to the celebrity ball, from the White House to the glass super-cathedral and the death-row execution chamber. Finalist in the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.

By turns defiant, paranoid, brooding, absurd and knock-down funny, TUND, from Prague-based writer Thor Garcia, is a startling creation. Peopled by a galaxy of fringe operators and hoodlums, tattered no-hopers and doom-drenched true believers, sadistic children and tormented hooch hounds, TUND is a swirling landscape of meltdowns, terrifying visions and punch-drunk epiphanies. Brimming with riotous panache, anarchic soul and sinewy, exultant writing, TUND probes the desolation and cruelties, desperation and contradictions, the hazards and hoopla, of life in an unstable and emotionally crippled age. The English-language Prague Post newspaper said of TUND: "e;Free-wheeling, word-slinging, experiential and accessible."e; (The paper edition of TUND was published by Litteraria Pragensia Books, an independent imprint published in cooperation with the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory at Charles University, Prague.)