Famous

Blake Crouch

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Macmillan
14 January 2025

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Crime & Mystery; Thriller & suspense

Famous is the darkly funny standalone thriller from Blake Crouch, the bestselling author of Dark Matter, for fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz

Meet Lance. 38-years-old. Works a meaningless job. Still lives above his parents' garage. By all accounts, a world-class loser.

Except for one glaring exception . . . he has a million-dollar face. Lance has been mistaken twenty-eight times for the Oscar-winning movie star, James Jansen, and for the last 10 years, he's saved his money, studied Jansen's films, his moves, his idiosyncrasies, even the way he speaks. Now, after an unceremonious termination from his job, Lance has decided that the time has come to go after his dream.

From New York's ridiculous avant-garde, off-off Broadway scene, to the surreal glitter of Los Angeles, follow Lance on his madcap journey of self-abandonment to become his likeness. Part comedy, part human tragedy, and part suspense, the world through the eyes of Lancelot Blue Dunkquist is like none you've ever seen.

Praise for Blake Crouch:

'Blake Crouch has invented his own brand of page-turner - fearlessly genre-bending, consistently surprising, and determined to explode the boundaries of what a thriller can be' - Karin Slaughter, author of Pretty Girls

'Blake Crouch has a mind like Crichton and a heart like King' - David Koepp, author of Cold Storage

'Crouch isn't just a world-class thriller writer, he's a Philip K. Dick for the modern age' - Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X

By: Blake Crouch
Imprint: Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781035058631
ISBN 10: 1035058634
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 14 January 2025
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://www.blakecrouch.com/

Blake Crouch is a bestselling novelist and screenwriter. His novels include the New York Times bestseller Dark Matter, and the internationally bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy, which was adapted into a television series for FOX. Crouch also created the TNT show Good Behavior, based on his Letty Dobesh novellas. He lives in Colorado. To learn more about what he is doing, check out his website, www.blakecrouch.com, follow him on X - @blakecrouch1 - or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/blakecrouchauthor.

Reviews for Famous

Blake Crouch has invented his own brand of page-turner – fearlessly genre-bending, consistently surprising, and determined to explode the boundaries of what a thriller can be -- Karin Slaughter, author of Pretty Girls Blake Crouch has a mind like Crichton and a heart like King -- David Koepp, author of Cold Storage Crouch isn’t just a world-class thriller writer, he’s a Philip K. Dick for the modern age -- Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X