opfholy.blogg.se - The Worthy by Will Clarke

Conrad says that the one perk of being dead is that "the living are like open books that you can read without turning the pages" (2). Which scenes were most shocking? Overall, did you find the violence or the fantastical elements of the plot more surprising?Ģ. The Worthy is filled with startling scenes some are violent, some are outlandish. Out for revenge, Conrad possesses an unsuspecting pledge's body so he can finish what Ryan started, steering them toward a depraved confrontation with a surprising outcome that will leave readers gasping. Make no mistake, the newly deceased Conrad is one angry ghost, and the object of his wrath is chapter president Ryan Hutchins, a "big, bright, rising star" who, in Conrad's view, is really "the darkest black hole you'll ever meet - and I'm not just saying that because he killed me." Conrad's ghostly ability to see all but be seen by no one (except Miss Etta, Gamma Chi's elderly cook, who is gifted with paranormal powers) confirms his suspicion that Ryan's dark hand has a wide reach, from beating his girlfriend, Maggie Meadows, to terrorizing Sarah Jane Bradford, a religious student who senses that Ryan must be stopped. But now, thanks to a brutal hazing incident at Louisiana State University's Gamma Chi fraternity, Conrad is dead - a nineteen-year-old spirit suddenly without an earthly body.

Amazon.Conrad had it pretty good in life - a Porsche, pretty girls, and a trust fund full of oil money.

: Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel (sort of).

Will Clarke holds an MFA in creative writing from University of British Columbia and is known for using the supernatural (a psychic dot-com millionaire and the ghost of a dead frat boy) to trick the cynical eye into seeing the madness of the mundane. The Neon Palm of Madame Melançon was listed as one of Kirkus Review's Best Books of 2017. Both Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel (sort of) and The Worthy: A Ghost's Story were selected as The New York Times Editors' Choice while Clarke was named the "Hot Pop Prophet" by Rolling Stone magazine in 2006. He later republished the books in hardback with Simon & Schuster and sold the movie rights to Hollywood.

Clarke's books eventually became underground hits in the early part of the 2000s.

A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Clarke originally self-published his first two books via the Internet and independent books stores like Book Soup in Los Angeles, BookPeople in Austin, and Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle. Will Clarke (born August 13, 1970) is an American novelist who is the author of Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel (sort of), The Worthy: A Ghost's Story, The Neon Palm of Madame Melançon and Marigold: The Secret to Manifestation.