I enjoy the idea of thrillers, but not actual thrillers.

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I enjoy the idea of thrillers, but not actual thrillers. Sunhawk !nZQ2xl.g.6 Wed Jul 27 07:43:14 2011 No.1962700 [Reply] [Original]

I like the idea of plot-driven stories, lots of exciting cliffhangers, conspiracies, etc. the staples of the genre. But I haven't read many thrillers I've actually enjoyed. Not so much because they're trashy and McNovels, more because they just aren't very well done. Not enough plot twists, bad storytelling, etc. We need someone who can write a good, mid-brow thriller.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 27 07:57:14 2011 No.1962717 File: 29 KB, 454x640, Umberto Eco - Il Pendolo Di Foucault.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'll give you two great books, disguised as thrillers/detective stories: - The Name of the Rose - Foucault's Pendulum Start reading Eco right now!

>>	Sunhawk !nZQ2xl.g.6 Wed Jul 27 08:00:14 2011 No.1962719 >>1962717 I may. Convince me to read them. Give me a brief overview.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 27 08:04:14 2011 No.1962720 Alan Furst op. Night soldiers. Spies of the Balkans. He specializes in stories set in eastern europe just prior to the outbreak of ww2. His prose style is wonderful. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/books/review/Stanley-t.html

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>>1962719
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Rose#Plot_summary
(some minor spoilers)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault%27s_Pendulum#Plot_summary
(major spoilers, read at your own risk)

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 27 08:26:14 2011 No.1962734 I've just begun to read Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, it's a pretty good thriller from what I hear. Too early on for me to tell though

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