The Up and Comer | Howard Roughan | Make time for this book

The Up and Comer | Howard Roughan | Compelling first fiction -- best read of the summer

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The Up and Comer

	The Up and Comer Howard Roughan Grand Central Publishing, 2002 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 31 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Make time for this book - its creepy good.

I'm married. I've got kids. I have no time to read. A friend of mine recommended this book and I couldn't put it down from its first disturbing page. Kids and family....they had to suffer while I woke up, read, ate, read,ate again, read some more....you get the picture. The main character, Phillip Randall is a bit too familiar to me. The decsions he makes - while deplorable - have an all to easy way of making you think...would I do that?
His use of commercial catch phrases is pretty darn funny. There were a few chapters there where there were more tag lines than half time at the Super Bowl.
When you come right down to it, though, Roughan has to be some kind of wacko to put this book together. He touches enough dark areas of the psyche that you feel the need to go straight to church after you finish. Buy this book. It's a good read and it'll make you think about all those "good people" out there. Are you one of them?

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Compelling first fiction -- best read of the summer

This is, simply put, the best debut fiction I've read since Scott Smith's "A Simple Plan" Donna Tartt's "The Secret History" and Jay McInerney's "Bright Lights Big City." The pages fly as Roughan creates a pitch-perfect rendition of the self-absorbed tragically-hip, irony-spewing, super-successful upwardly mobile of New York City. The first page of the novel is one of the best hooks I've ever read, with a magnificent punchline that basically sets the tone for a book you can't turn away from. The narrator is a guy whose guts you want to hate, but you find too much about yourself in him to do so. And that's the essence of Roughan's spectacular success. His lead character pulls you into his misdeeds, and he makes the reader complicit in the action. Brilliant debut.

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Fast Paced

Mr. Roughan, where have you been?

A truly fast paced action book with all the elements of intrigue and mystery.

I enjoyed this very much.

Please keep writing.

The ending should not have been a surprise, however, it was!

I LOVED THIS BOOK!

I really loved this book! It was well-written, funny, and very entertaining. I couldn't stop reading it! As soon as I put it down, I wanted to pick it up again! I was not surprised to read that they are going to make a movie out of this book. It should be a great one. I am really looking forward to this author's next novel! Keep on writing, Howard!

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A fantastic book!

This book is terrific. It is well-written and fast moving. Roughan somehow manages to make the reader empathize with a main character whose conduct cannot be excused. The book starts with a nice pace and continues to pick up right through the wholly unexpected ending. Great stuff. I hope there's a sequel.

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