Bøker av Matthew Quick

Now an Academy Award-winning film starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro. From the author of The Good Luck of Right Now.

For thirty-eight years, Bartholomew Neil has lived with his mother. When she gets sick and dies, he has no idea how to be on his own. He thinks he's found a clue when he discovers a "Free Tibet" letter from Richard Gere hidden in his mother's underwear drawer. In her final days, Mom called him Richard?there must be a cosmic connection. Bartholomew awkwardly starts his new life, writing Gere a series of letters?Jung and the Dalai Lama, philosophy and faith, alien abduction and cat telepathy are all explored in his soul-baring epistles. But mostly the letters reveal one man's desire to assemble a family of his own.A struggling priest, a "Girlbrarian," her feline-loving, foul-mouthed brother, and the spirit of Richard Gere all join the quest to help Bartholomew. In a rented Ford Focus, they travel to Canada to see the Cat Parliament and find his biological father . . . and discover so much more.

I trettiåtte år har Bartholomew Neil bodd sammen med moren sin. Når hun blir syk og dør, har han ingen anelse om hvordan han skal klare seg selv. Sorgterapeuten hans sier at han må finne flokken sin og forlate redet. Men hvordan kan en mann som hele sitt liv har vært avhengig av moren sin, søndagsgudstjenesten og biblioteket, lære å fly?Bartholomew tror han har funnet løsningen når han oppdager et brev fra Richard Gere gjemt i morens undertøyskuff. De siste dagene hun levde, kalte moren ham for Richard, så det må finnes en kosmisk sammenheng. Han blir overbevist om at skuespilleren er forutbestemt til å hjelpe ham, og han starter sitt nye liv med å sende Richard Gere en rekke høyst private brev.Kall det skjebne, kall det synkronisitet, kall det Guds vilje, kall det ... øyeblikkets flaks. En underholdende og inspirerende fortelling som får deg til å gruble over universets rytme og forundre deg over godhetens og kjærlighetens kraft.

Pat har mistet alt - huset, jobben og kona Nikki. Etter lang tid på institusjon, flytter han inn hos foreldrene. Målet er å bli i god fysisk form og utvikle seg fra å være en «analfabetisk bajas» til å bli en intellektuell - alt for å få Nikki tilbake. Han trener, følger med på fotball og spyler en del av pillene sine ned i do. Ingen har våget å fortelle ham at Nikki har tatt ut skilsmisse og er etablert på nytt med mann og barn. Enklere blir det ikke når han møter Tiffany, som også har sitt å stri med etter at hun mistet ektemannen i en bilulykke. Hun tilbyr seg å hjelpe Pat å finne tilbake til kona, men kun hvis han er villig til å gjøre noe viktig til gjengjeld.Filmen basert på romanen ble nominert til hele åtte Oscar-priser.«Sjelfull, hysterisk morsom og troverdig.» Justin Cronin, forfatter «Quick fyller sidene med så mye absurd humor og ekte følelser at det er umulig ikke å heie på den utradisjonelle helten hans.» People Magazine «Overbevisende og fascinerende.» The Philadelphia Inquirer "En sjarmerende debutroman (...). Det er vanskelig ikke å bli grepet av skjebnen til en mann som, til tross for mye motgang, fortsatt beholder både håpet og troen.» The Wall Street Journal"En øm, gripende og morsom debut.» Publishers Weekly"Matthew Quick har skrevet en hjerteknuser av en roman." Kirkus

The New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook offers a timely novel featuring his most fascinating character yet, a Vietnam vet embarking on a quixotic crusade to track down his nemesis from the war.After sixty-eight-year-old David Granger crashes his BMW, medical tests reveal a brain tumor that he readily attributes to his wartime Agent Orange exposure. He wakes up from surgery repeating a name no one in his civilian life has ever heard—that of a Native American soldier whom he was once ordered to discipline. David decides to return something precious he long ago stole from the man he now calls Clayton Fire Bear. It may be the only way to find closure in a world increasingly at odds with the one he served to protect. It may also help him to finally recover from his wife’s untimely demise.As David confronts his past to salvage his present, a poignant portrait emerges: that of an opinionated and good-hearted American patriot fighting like hell to stay true to his red, white, and blue heart, even as the country he loves rapidly changes in ways he doesn’t always like or understand. Hanging in the balance are Granger’s distant art-dealing son, Hank; his adoring seven-year-old granddaughter, Ella; and his best friend, Sue, a Vietnamese American who respects David’s fearless sincerity.Through the controversial, wrenching, and wildly honest David Granger, Matthew Quick offers a no-nonsense but ultimately hopeful view of America’s polarized psyche. By turns irascible and hilarious, insightful and inconvenient, David is a complex, wounded, honorable, and loving man. The Reason You’re Alive examines how the secrets and debts we carry from our past define us; it also challenges us to look beyond our own prejudices and search for the good in us all.

The New York Times-bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook offers a timely novel featuring his most fascinating character yet, a Vietnam vet embarking on a crusade to track down his nemesis from the war.

The powerful new novel from Matthew Quick, author of Oscar-nominated THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, is an honest and authentic exploration of love, rebellion and belonging, for readers who loved THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook.'Brilliant . . . compulsively readable . . . Love May Fail is as wholly transporting as any cinematic experience' GQPortia Kane has escaped her cheating husband only to find herself back at square one, living with her mum in a place she thought she'd left behind forever. Lost and alone, looking to find the goodness she believes still exists in the world, Portia sets off to save herself by saving someone else - a beloved high school English teacher who has retired after a traumatic incident.Can Chuck, the handsome brother of Portia's old school friend, together with a sassy nun and a metal-head little boy, help Portia's chances in her bid for renewed hope in the human race?Moving and funny, Love May Fail by Matthew Quick is about the heartache and daring choices it takes to become the person you know deep down you are meant to be.

From Matthew Quick, the bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook.'Original, compelling, uplifiting' Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project.Bartholomew Neil is thirty-nine and lost. After the death of his beloved mum he has no idea how to be on his own, and he knows it's about time he found his flock.But how does a man whose whole life has been grounded learn how to fly?And what can Richard Gere, a beautiful librarian, a struggling priest and a foul-mouthed and troubled young man teach Bartholomew about finding love and happiness?Whatever it is, Bartholomew is in for a lot more than he bargained for . . .'The Good Luck of Right Now is original, compelling, and uplifting . . . His writing is shot through with wit and humanity' Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project

For fans of John Green and THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. A book about friendship, basketball and finding your own way...

The incredible novel from the author of Oscar-nominated THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK. For fans of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME and THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER.