Feb 09, 2007 krist, the author of the novels bad chemistry, chaos theory and extravagance, lets the story and its telling make the argument for the book, and they do, despite some formidable. Drug dealers, single parents, criminals, conspiracies, college students, high school students, mistaken identity, fiction, parent and teenger, teenage boys. Gary michael krist is an american writer of fiction, nonfiction, travel journalism, and literary criticism. The novels breakneck action sequences foot chases, car chases, even dunebuggy chases tumble into one another like flotsam in a flood current, banging about in the froth. His stories, articles, and travel pieces have been featured in noteworthy mag.
Bad chemistry uses the analogous market excesses of the 1690s and the 1990s as dual, parallel settings for a young mans journey up the business ladder as he tries to make his fortune through the stock market. Krist, the author of the novels bad chemistry, chaos theory and extravagance, lets the story and its telling make the argument for the book, and they do, despite some formidable. In his fourth book of fiction, gary krist builds on his repertoire of suspenseful plot twists and turns in a. Gary krist has written for the new york times, the washington post, esquire, the wall street journal, and elsewhere.
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Gary krist wrote three novelsbad chemistry, chaos theory, and extravaganceand two short story collectionsthe garden state and bone by bonebefore turning to narrative nonfiction with the white cascade and his latest book, the new york times bestseller, city of scoundrels, the city in this case being chicago, that most american of american cities. An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. Chaos theory by krist, gary and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Gary krist is the author of the novels bad chemistry and chaos theory. Troubled teenagers in a troubled city by christopher lehmannhaupt.
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As a kid my inspiration came mainly from m mitchell waldrops complexity. Gary krist is currently considered a single author. Bad chemistry by krist, gary and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. When two teenage boys try to buy marijuana in washington, d. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The novels breakneck action sequences foot chases, car. The great northern railway disaster and americas deadliest avalanche, and empire of sin. Gary krist has written two new york times notable booksa novel, bad chemistry, and a story collection, bone by boneand the garden state, which won the sue kaufman prize for first fiction.
Mar 01, 2001 chaos theory marries the intellectual pleasures of a literary novel with the unstoppable momentum of a thriller. Theres precious little breathing room in chaos theory, gary krists second thriller. A widely published journalist and critic, krist lives. Gary michael krist born 1957 is an american writer of fiction, nonfiction, travel journalism, and literary criticism. Gary krist books list of books by author gary krist. Gary krist is the prizewinning author of the novels bad chemistry, chaos theory, and extravagance, and the shortstory collections, the garden state and bone by bone. A widely published journalist and critic, krist lives in chevy chase, maryland, with his wife and daughter. The story begins when they leave a party in washington to buy drugs. In addition to explaining and modeling unexplored phenomena in nature and society, chaos uses vital parts of nonlinear dynamical systems theory and established chaotic theory to open new frontiers and fields of study. Aug 01, 2014 gary krist wrote three novelsbad chemistry, chaos theory, and extravaganceand two short story collectionsthe garden state and bone by bonebefore turning to narrative nonfiction with the white cascade and his latest book, the new york times bestseller, city of scoundrels, the city in this case being chicago, that most american of american cities. Amidst drugs, conspiracies, kidnappings, and dead bodies, gary krist examines the dynamics of family and race and the dysfunction of city government. Chaos theory is a shrewd, literate, and compulsively readable thriller set against the background of washington, d. Doubling the stakes of john grishams the client, krist plunges a pair of young heroes into peril that starts with a bang and ends with a bangbangbang. He is the bestselling author of the acclaimed narrative nonfiction books the mirage factory, empire of sin, city of scoundrels, and the white cascade.
Chaos theory by gary krist and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Before turning to narrative nonfiction with the white cascade, a book about the 1910 wellington avalanche, city of scoundrels, about chicagos tragic summer of 1919, and empire of sin, about the reform wars in turnofthecentury new orleans, krist wrote three novelsbad chemistry, chaos theory. Spinning a plausible situation into an extraordinary story while training a marksmans eye on character, krist has conceived a sleek and thoughtful thriller set on the streets of washington, d. Chaos theory finds two affluent classmates, one white and one black, venturing into a seedy neighborhood in washington, d. We are a long way from the hardy boys mysteries in gary krist s new thriller, chaos theory, about. Krist turns in a little romance and some wellintentioned perspectives on angstridden teenparent relationships, wrote stephanie zvirin. Jazz and murder and the battle for modern new orleans by krist, gary 2014. He lives in bethesda, maryland with his wife and daughter. Bad chemistry uses the analogous market excesses of the 1690s and the 1990s as dual, parallel settings for a young mans journey up the business ladder as he tries to make. Chaos theory by gary krist 2001, paperback, reprint for.
Extravagance by gary krist overdrive rakuten overdrive. Rife, of course, with corruption, but also fairly oozing evil from every underfunded pore. Jan 27, 2000 chaos theory by gary krist it starts quietly enough, with two kids copping a joint and then it spins into a breakneck thriller. Jan 22, 2008 gary krist is the prizewinning author of the novels bad chemistry, chaos theory, and extravagance, and the shortstory collections, the garden state and bone by bone. Gary krist is the author of two story collections the garden state and bone by bone and the novels bad chemistry and chaos theory. Making a new science is the canonical source for a popular account of the subject.
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