Flicker : A Novel

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Summary: Flicker is a great piece of literature.
Review: Flicker is simultaneously compelling, disturbing, hallucinogenic, hypnotic and altogether different than any other book which I've read. The wordcraft is lucid and rich; you want to keep reading not merely to advance the plot but because the quality of the writing is so luxuriant that it demands indulgence. The plot, though ludicrous, seems perfectly plausible in the hands of Roszak. If you are a student of film or Catholic or a fan of thrillers it would be impossible for me to recommend Flicker too highly. It may be the best novel I've ever read.

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Summary: A Case for Not Procreating
Review: Roszak is a nonfiction author by trade and "Flicker" reveals why Roszak should have stayed in the nonfiction game. It's main character is simultaneously dumb, lazy and passive. Presumably, Roszak makes him that way as an excuse to explain things to the reader, but in so doing he makes the reader feel dumb, lazy and passive. Just because Aronofsky is going to make a movie of the book doesn't mean the book is good. Hopefully Darren won't borrow anything from the book other than the high concept of movies being a tool with which to end the world.

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Summary: Flicker- A Movie that needs to be made!!!
Review: This is the first and only book by Roszak that I have read, but it may be one of the most enjoyable and disturbing tales I've ever taken the time to experience. Roszak slowly builds our relationship to every character, then watches us wince as things go horribly wrong. As a movie-fanatic it was impossible for me not to love how he stiches real movie lore with his unreal concoctions. You too will find yourself drawn, as if hypnotically entranced by the flickering play of light, down into the murky depths of film legends and our own perverted psyches. His characters are both engaging and impressively human to a fault, whether they be his own creations, or film legends. I found myself wanting to go rent movies that did exsist (Maltese Falcion, Citizen Kane) to find the Max Castle touches of darkness and shadow-play. After reading this book, it will give you a new respect for the movies you watch. If you can find this book, read it and pass it on to as many people as possible. I cry to the ears that will probably not hear to reprint this book, and have it made into one hell of a film.