What the critics are saying about The Resurrectionist...
“To call Jack O’Connell’s novels imaginative, or even original, doesn’t begin to say it. . . . There’s something both exciting and unnerving about [his] kind of hallucinatory writing.”
–New York Times Book Review
“O’Connell [is a] cackling genius. . . . Fans of his previous novels, the cult favorites “The Skin Palace,” “Box Nine” and “Wireless,” will be glad to hear that “The Resurrectionist” is just as demented and deeply enjoyable.”
Los Angeles Times
“O’Connell has a way with setting a sceneatmospheric, hard-boiled concoctions rife with detail and mysteryand he weaves elements of classic noir and fantasy with head-tripping mastery.”
Cincinnati Beat
“Have you heard of the drug Limbo? Oh, boy, are you missing out. It’ll get you higher than Amy Winehouse while simultaneously ramping up your verbal IQ.”
Phoenix New Times
“You may want to don a helmet before embarking on the open-throttle ride of The Resurrectionist. A genre-busting novel, it combines elements of pulp, noir, thriller, fantasy and graphic novel, crunched into a hallucinatory mash-up that’s always surprising. . . . Strange, gripping, [and] possessed of a whole lot of vision.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“It blends the out-there mysticism of H.P. Lovecraft, the dark corridors and femme fatales of Dashiell Hammett, and the pulpy, lurid qualities of ’50s comic books.”
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“A cleverly devised noir thriller and a walk on fantasy’s wild side. . . . The neat twist here is how the world of Limbo . . . becomes enmeshed in the plot. . . . Definitely the ingredients of an entertaining tale.”
The Morning News
“A masterpiece, O’Connell’s tour de force has a dose of the uncertainty of Kafka, the fantasy of Bradbury, the crisp prose of Green, and the noir of Chandler.”
–Andrew Gulli, Editor, The Strand Magazine
“An engrossing, elaborately staged exploration of consciousness. . . . This strange brew is sure to enhance O'Connell's growing cult status.”
–Publishers Weekly
“A dark, wildly inventive fantasy. . . . A nightmarish story that’s hallucinatory, tightly structured and ultimately redemptive.”
–Kirkus Reviews
“Chronicled in more detail than any graphic novel could ever deliver... [O’Connell] works in dusky borderlands between crime and fantasy fiction... A wild, surreal and thought-provoking ride.”
–San Francisco Chronicle
“Fantasy and reality collide in The Resurrectionist, a strange yet compeling literary thriller.”
–Parade.com
“An impressive show of narrative juggling and multitasking.”
–Rocky Mountain News
“A cleverly devised noir thriller and a walk on fantasy's wild side.”
–The Morning News
“O’Connell's gift for vivid characterization and inventive plot twists results in an irresistibly captivating reading experience.”
–Booklist
“Have you heard of the drug Limbo? Oh, boy, are you missing out. It'll get you higher than Amy Whitehouse while simultaneously ramping up your verbal IQ.”
–Phoeonix New Times
“The dueling realities of the novel, parallelleled by O’Connell's deft conveyance of sweeney's conflicted humanity, combine to create a book that is hinged by its plot, like any good crime novel, but also driven forward by fullness and uniqueness of its characters.”
–Time Out Chicago
