![]() ![]() Manhattan Nocturne is a fine novel, as notable for its richness of descriptions as its gripping suspense."- BookPage "A brooding, erotic mystery thriller. This is the best novel I've read in a long time."-Thom Jones ". ![]() Set deep in the heart of New York City's darkness, Manhattan Nocturne introduces one of the great femme fatales in modern literature. Manhattan Nocturne is compulsive reading." -Patrick McGrath "Something new is in the air Colin Harrison has captured the subtle changes in the whole moral compass of America in this spellbinding thriller. " -David Foster Wallace "A great, roaring story of power, lust, greed, and a very human folly that characterizes our preposterous millennium-told with compassion, intelligence, and striking human insight." -Mary Gaitskill "Beautifully written and flawlessly structured. prose brims with the anguish and joy, the guilt and regret of recklessness, of hundred's of the city's voices." -Publishers Weekly "Mercilessly observed and heartbreakingly plotted, Manhattan Nocturne is totally enjoyable on all levels-the best piece of postmodern noir since James Ellroy's The Big Nowhere. Harrison's novel, so that the same narrative that impresses us with its top-to-bottom knowledge of New York City fauna is also illuminating about the quiet acts of omission that irrevocably damage a marriage."- Entertainment Weekly "With the narrative drive of a hurtling subway express, unges readers into a scary subterranean world in which the only comfort comes from the neon flashes of his prose."-People "Marvelous. Harrison.has produced a thriller that seems to want to be equal parts of Raymond Chandler, William Styron and Tom Wolfe.These corollary aspirations generate some of the greatest pleasures in Mr. "A white-knuckle ride." - People "Marvelous." - Publishers Weekly "You're trapped by page two.this is the work of a powerful writer.with a powerful story." - The Boston Globe " spares no detail of sex and violence, imbuing every phrase with a visceral punch and a sardonic tone." - Chicago Tribune " A smart, entertaining novel." - The Washington Post Book World " Manhattan Nocturne soars."- The New York Times Book Review "Truly thrilling."- Houston Chronicle "One of the year's best."- Rocky Mountain News "Mr. ![]()
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