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A review by deehaichess
Skinner by Charlie Huston
5.0
Huston's Skinner would make a great action film. "Taut, fast-paced international spy thriller with on-point premise", the film review subs would read. I'm already pitching it in my head. There's action, romance, a redeemable anti-hero, a strong central female figure, a fatherly figure with a shadowy secret, and a suitably 3-dimensional antagonist. There's chase scenes, fight scenes, exotic locations, drama, and intrigue, all packaged up in a twisty modern plot-line involving activism, terrorism, national security, global politics, the internet (of course!), and information and who controls it and how it shapes the way we see things and what we care about.
The reason I think it'd make a good movie is that I think it'd probably translate well. Everything they'd have to leave out to make the film coherent and palatable for the LCD would be the parts of Huston at his most intense. Toned down, it's practically made for cinema.
As a Huston book, it's got a lot of the trademarks and may be a little challenging for readers new to his style. I'm a fan from way back though, so in some sense I know to just hold fast and enjoy the ride. It's perhaps a little less controlled in its unravelling than his Henry Thompson books, and maybe a little more frenetic than his great zombie-apocalypse tale Sleepless but it's ok to trust in him and where he's taking you, because he doesn't disappoint.
Thank you, Charlie, for never being boring. I hope Hollywood options you soon. Let me know if you need some help with casting.
The reason I think it'd make a good movie is that I think it'd probably translate well. Everything they'd have to leave out to make the film coherent and palatable for the LCD would be the parts of Huston at his most intense. Toned down, it's practically made for cinema.
As a Huston book, it's got a lot of the trademarks and may be a little challenging for readers new to his style. I'm a fan from way back though, so in some sense I know to just hold fast and enjoy the ride. It's perhaps a little less controlled in its unravelling than his Henry Thompson books, and maybe a little more frenetic than his great zombie-apocalypse tale Sleepless but it's ok to trust in him and where he's taking you, because he doesn't disappoint.
Thank you, Charlie, for never being boring. I hope Hollywood options you soon. Let me know if you need some help with casting.