 First US edition cover | |
| Author | Warren Ellis |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Hardboiled detective, transgressive fiction, thriller |
| Publisher | William Morrow |
Publication date | July 24, 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 304 (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-06-072393-9 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 80361435 |
| 813/.6 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3555.L61717 C76 2007 |
Crooked Little Vein is the first novel by comic book writer Warren Ellis, published by William Morrow on July 24, 2007.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
The novel is written in the first-person, similar to much of the hardboiled detective genre. The book was based on research material posted on Ellis' websites, mostly odd news items and disturbing pictures from the web that the author had found or had been sent.
The novel has been translated into Spanish, German, French, Czech, and Italian.[8]
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Lalumière, Claude (January 28, 2008). "Claude Lalumière's 2007: Recommended Reading". Locusmag.com. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
Politically radical, outrageously extreme, surprisingly tender, and always entertaining, this debut novel mixes the conventions the hardboiled detective story, the political thriller, the sexual odyssey, and magic realism.
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Weinman, Sarah (December 9, 2007). "Favorite Books of 2007 - Crime spree". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
And then there is comic king Warren Ellis' debut prose novel, "Crooked Little Vein" (William Morrow), a heart-shredding work of scatological brilliance that gleefully annihilates private-eye tropes and pole-vaults over taste lines.
- ^ Weinman, Sarah. "When graphic novelists turn to prose, the result is something wicked". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
- ^ Klonick, Kate (August 8, 2007). "Normal Isn't Creepy". Esquire. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
- ^ "Comunicato Stampa". Comicus. September 30, 2009. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2009.