Mar 20, 2018 | ISBN 9780525562894
Praise for You Were Never Really Here
“Brutal, unrelenting, and utterly compelling. . . . This white-hot short novel blasts through its 100 pages like a fireball stampeding through a tunnel.”
—Booklist
“Evocative. . . . Ames pulls no punches in his buildup to a grim conclusion that Jim Thompson devotees will appreciate.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Ames is an adept purveyor of the very noir, particular scenes of violence. He achieves more in less than 100 pages than most crime novels three times the length do”
—The Times, Crime Books of the Year 2016
“A striking and powerful noir debut that can be consumed in a single sitting. . . . Ames reveals himself here as a stylish thriller writer”
—Daily Mail
“[A] fast-moving, agreeably violent and perfectly pared-down novella”
—Spectator
