ALAN GLYNN is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. His first novel, The Dark Fields, was republished as Limitless and simultaneously released as a film of the same name in March 2011, and was subsequently developed into a TV series by CBS. The winner of the Ireland AM Crime Fiction Award and a finalist for an Edgar Award, Glynn is also the author of Winterland, Bloodland, Graveland, and Paradime. He lives in Ireland.
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Irish Times (Crime Fiction)
and the Irish Independent (Thrillers) "Glynn's sequel to The Dark
Fields (the inspiration for the film Limitless starring Bradley
Cooper) grippingly imagines the origins of MDT-48--the series'
infamous 'smart drug, ' which realizes remarkable human
potential."--Entertainment Weekly (New & Notable) "A mashup of Mad
Men and the Manchurian Candidate...Glynn, the author of Limitless,
strikes the right balance between full-on paranoia and being a
little concerned that you are in too deep."--Lisa Levy, CrimeReads
(Books to Read This Month) "[I]t's hard not to discern traces of
Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo... although there is nothing
difficult or post-modern about [Glynn's] books: the prose is
meticulous but fluent, with a persuasive, urbane American rhythmic
pulse...[Receptor is] a wild ride, laced with all the
characteristic Glynn features: paranoia, dread, bodily unease
(often understandable due to the prodigious substance ingestion),
and a prelapsarian sense of conspiracy theory as something
untarnished by fake news and the likes of Alex Jones, something
that might actually uncover the truth."--Declan Hughes, The Irish
Times "Both a prequel to and sequel of Glynn's debut [Limitless],
[Receptor] is a wild ride through history's back channels...Shot
through with Glynn's leitmotif of justifiable paranoia, it's a
tantalising tale of what-ifs and could-have-beens as Ned and Ray
separately piece together an appalling account of a 'deep state'
manipulation of the American public on a staggering scale."--Declan
Burke, The Irish Times (Best New Crime Fiction) "Receptor expands
on the world of Glynn's The Dark Fields, which has been made into
both a movie and a CBS television show [Limitless]. Readers can
easily envision Ned and Ray on the big screen, too, so cinematic
and fast-paced are their stories...Glynn juggles the two narratives
with aplomb, expertly twisting and jerking the reader through Ned's
and Ray's quests for answers."--Kirkus Reviews "As the story
alternates between past and present, the truth...gradually emerges.
Readers who enjoyed Edgar finalist Glynn's Limitless (originally
published as The Dark Fields) will welcome this intriguing
sequel."--Publishers Weekly
"If you love a conspiracy theory, then [Receptor] is for you, a
distillation of CIA shenanigans, experimental drugs,
suicide/murders, the immunity of 'The One Percent', big pharma, Mad
Men and political expediency. It's a heady mix that had me hooked
(pun intended)."--Andrew Hill, SHOTS "Receptor is Alan Glynn's
masterpiece. A wild, exciting ride through the secret history of
America and a page-turning delight that grips tighter with each
unfolding page. Glynn is a natural storyteller and an expert in
generating tension, unease, and dread. The best crime novel I've
read this year. If you liked Limitless, you will love this."--Stav
Sherez, author of The Intrusions, Theakstons Old Peculier Crime
Novel of the Year, 2018
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