Blur

By (author): Michelle Berry

With echoes of Sunset Boulevard, Michelle Berry’s Blur brings the warped world of Hollywood stardom into lurid focus. Tabloid reporter Bruce Dermott has been waiting seven long years for his moment in the sun when he strikes pay dirt in Emma Fine. Emma, a former Hollywood starlet, has been out of the spotlight for years after her lover was found dead in her swimming pool. As Bruce digs deeper he discovers lives twisted and misshapen by jealousy, obsession, and narcissism, lives we crave to hear about today more than ever.

AUTHOR

Michelle Berry

Michelle Berry is the author of three books of short stories and four novels, including This Book Will Not Save Your Life (which won the 2010 Colophon Award and was longlisted for the 2011 ReLit Award). Her writing has been optioned for film and published in the UK. Berry is a reviewer for Globe and Mail, and teaches at the University of Toronto and Humber College. Born in California and raised in Victoria, BC, Berry now lives in Peterborough, ON, where she operates an independent bookstore, Hunter Street Books.


Reviews

A pacy, noirish, fractured echo of Sunset Boulevard, Michelle Berry’s Blur is pulp fiction written with a postmodern hand.
–Andrew Pyper

There is an Atom Egoyan-esque quality to her writing … Berry’s fine writing shows that she understands the space between the words can be important and that what is implied speaks volumes.
National Post

Berry’s style is to die for–it’s cool and confident, with a kind of wary watchfulness that echoes her protagonist’s personality.
Quill and Quire

Blur offers a twisted tribute to the compulsive grass-is-always-greener comparisons we make between our lives and those of the glitterati.
Chatelaine

Berry skilfully keeps you guessing–and more importantly, keeps you caring–right to the finish.
The Vancouver Sun

Hip, cool and written in the present tense … A good read with a substantial twist in the tale.
South Wales Argus

Chic, sleek Hollywood murder mystery, shaped like a screenplay and emanating that bruised
nostalgic mood of late-night movies … Infinitely seductive.
Literary Review


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With echoes of Sunset Boulevard, Michelle Berry’s Blur brings the warped world of Hollywood stardom into lurid focus. Tabloid reporter Bruce Dermott has been waiting seven long years for his moment in the sun when he strikes pay dirt in Emma Fine. Emma, a former Hollywood starlet, has been out of the spotlight for years after her lover was found dead in her swimming pool. As Bruce digs deeper he discovers lives twisted and misshapen by jealousy, obsession, and narcissism, lives we crave to hear about today more than ever.

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Details

Dimensions:

296 Pages
8.5in * 5.5in * 1in
1lb

Published:

July 15, 2013

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

Turnstone Press

ISBN:

9780888014375

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense

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Language:

eng

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