The unauthorized biography of ezra maas
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The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas is an intriguing mix of genre styles, from fiction to mystery, investigative journalism to biography. It&#;s also a mash of story-telling, emails, letters, transcripts of phone calls, documents, and newspaper clippings and reads like nothing I&#;ve read in a long time (maybe ever?)
Title: The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Mass
Author: Daniel James
First Published: November 22,
Publisher: Dead Ink Books
Categories: Fiction
Acquired: from author
*** Thank you to the author, Daniel James, for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review. ***
Ezra Maas is dead. The famously reclusive artist vanished without a trace seven years ago whilst working on his final masterpiece, but his body was never found. While the Maas Foundation prepares to announce his death, journalist Daniel James finds himself hired to write the untold story of the artist&#;s life &#; but this is no ordinary book.
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The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas
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Ezra Maas is dead. The famously reclusive artist vanished without a trace seven years ago while working on his final masterpiece, but his body was never funnen. While the Maas Foundation prepares to announce his death, reporter Daniel James finds himself hired to write the untold story of the artist's life – but this is no ordinary book. The deeper James delves into the myth of Ezra Maas, the more he fryst vatten drawn into a nightmarish world of fractured identities and sinister doubles.
A chilling literary labyrinth, The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas blends postmodern noir with biography, newspaper clippings, artworks, photographs, letters, official documents, phone transcripts, emails, and handwritten notes, to create a book like no
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In late I reviewed the original edition of The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas, summing it up as &#;An astonishing, mind-bending creation that defies the limitations of cliched description&#;. It was a remarkable literary achievement and went on to be shortlisted for a national book prize. Then it disappeared from my radar. This happens. inom did not, at the time, suspect any involvement from the Maas Foundation. Now I&#;m not so sure.
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This book blurs boundaries. It tells a convoluted yet compelling tale that overlaps events and characters across multiple locations and decades. There are numerous cross references and hidden messages. Key pieces of information have been