The Kills (Richard House novel)
| Author | Richard House |
|---|---|
| Original title | 'The Kills' |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Picador |
The Kills is a novel by Richard House, published in 2013.
It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2013 Man Booker Prize, House's first nomination.
Content
"The Kill" is a stand-alone novel in a series of four which makes up "The Kills".[1] Richard House created his own digital and audio content to run alongside all four parts - "Sutler", "The Massive", "The Kill", and "The Hit".[2] The narrative deals with Stephen Lawrence Sutler on the run from mysterious forces, incorporating an Iraqi military base and a murder in Italy[3]
Reviews
Reviewing "Sutler" for The Guardian, Anna Baddeley wrote...
...[M]y first set of doubts evaporated a few pages in. Sutler races along but has depth too, in its characters and filmic description of landscape...As for the enhancements … while I loved the short films of Cuba, Istanbul and Reims Cathedral that cropped up every few chapters, their effect was more to make me yearn for a holiday than add anything to the story. If you're going to the trouble of embedding audio and video, then go the whole hog and make it integral to the plot.[4]
References
- ↑ The Kills: a digital-first project from Picador The Digitalist
- ↑ The Kills: The Books PanMacmillan
- ↑ Richard House - Interview Litro
- ↑ Baddeley, Anna (24 March 2013). "Suter by Richard House - Review". London: The Guardian.