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Not a Clue

Download or Read eBook Not a Clue PDF written by Chloé Delaume and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Not a Clue
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 9781496212962
ISBN-13 : 1496212967
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Not a Clue by : Chloé Delaume

Book excerpt: In this life-size game of Clue, six psychiatric patients in Paris's Saint Anne's Hospital are suspects in the murder of Dr. Black. Though Not a Clue tells the stories of these possible assassins, their lives, and what has brought them to the hospital, the true focus of Chloé Delaume's intense and tumultuous novel is not merely to discover the identity of the murderer. Rather, by cleverly combining humor with the day-to-day effects of life's unrelenting compromises, Not a Clue is an astute commentary on the current state of literary production and consumption. Masterfully juggling an omniscient narratrix, an accusing murder victim, at least six possible suspects as well as their psychiatrists, and a writer who intervenes by refusing to intervene, Delaume uses the characters, weapons, and rooms of the board game Clue to challenge--sometimes violently, sometimes playfully--the norms of typography, syntax, and narrative conventions.


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