The Man Who Wouldn't Die : A Novel

The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Author(s): A. B. Jewell

"HBO's Silicon Valley meets The Big Sleep" (Mark Haskell Smith): An anonymous techinsider delivers "a hard-boiled, hilarious detective novel about Silicon Valley" (New York Post)

DOES FOR SILICON VALLEY WHAT CARL HIAASEN DID FOR FLORIDA. Tim Dorsey

THE MAN WHO WOULDNT DIE IS DASHIELL HAMMETT 2.0: THE CLASSIC HARDBOILED DETECTIVE NOVEL, UPDATED FOR 21ST CENTURY SILICON VALLEY AND MADE HILARIOUS. Brad Parks

Silicon Valley scion Captain Don Donogue is dead under mysterious circumstances. In fact, he mightve well have been murdered. Just ask Captain Don himself. Hes been sending messages about his suspicious death from beyond the grave. Yep, hes been tweeting from the afterlife. Or so it seems.

Could life-after-death be Silicon Valleys latest innovation? Our bodies die but our souls and social media accounts are eternal? This is the mystery that confronts the only sane person left in a region gone mad with greed, William Fitzgerald. Fitch. Hes a world-class detective, tough, stoic, carries a big fist and a flip phone. Hes a bad fit for Silicon Valley, where the law firms have drive-thru windows manned by barristeristas (who serve instant coffee and instant patents); attractive women arent MILFs but TELFs (Tech Executives Id Like To Fund); and couples are so anxious to get into the best free-play kindergartens that they get on the waiting list as soon as they freeze their sperm and eggs for later use.

One day, a woman knocks on Fitchs door. Shes got a handful of cash and a wild story: She says that her father was Captain Don, or is Captain Don. He was killed, or maybe not. Hes tweeting from beyond. Fitch takes the case and goes into the belly of the valley, discovering that life and death, well, sometimes theyre just another transaction.

Original, clever, and hysterical, The Man Who Wouldnt Die is the Carl Hiaasen of Silicon Valley and neo-noir at its unforgettable best.

Review(s):
The Man Who Wouldnt Die does for Silicon Valley what Carl Hiaasen did for Florida, which is rollicking fun if youd like your future to be a dystopia of terabytes. Ill be first in line, or online, or retina scan, to get A.B. Jewells next installment.
If Philip Marlowe was a standup comic he might sound something like Fitch, the wisecracking, tech-savvy PI in this funny and twisted rejiggering of the classic detective novel. Think Silicon Valley meets The Big Sleep.
A rambunctious Valley takedown comedy-thriller that lampoons the self-serious preening of the digerati.
May well set [A.B. Jewell] up as the Carl Hiaasen of Silicon Valley.
Forever Manis Dashiell Hammett 2.0, Raymond Chandler with emojis, James M. Cain after a trip to the Apple Store: The classic hardboiled detective novel, updated for 21st Century Silicon Valley and made hilarious. Even if youve read every P.I. novel out there, youve never read one like this before.
A hard-boiled, hilarious detective novel about Silicon Valley.
Stuffed with so much invention. A Hiaasen-esque farce.
Silicon Valleys next great detective novel (maybe its only one!), The Man Who Wouldnt Die is hilarious. Get this great read, a perfecto takedown of our self-absorbed land, which is also a perfect summer read.
The pseudonymous Jewell takes an amusing swipe at the hardboiled detective novel and the world of high tech in his fun debut. Sharp, satirical observations on tech-dependent society and eccentrically comic characters keep the action moving. Jewell is off to a promising start.



ISBN:9780062201201