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A degenerate guard orphaned as a child is informed by an Interpol agent that his parents’ funeral was a hoax. The only one with answers is the man’s godfather – a current fugitive. The guard vanishes to find the man alone while the agent deciphers clues a decade old on his own search, learning as he goes the godfather’s unique history and the consequences that could occur if he should fail.

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Race the Pale Horse Review

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2.0 out of 5 stars My view as an editor
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2020

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As a former editor who still keeps her hand in it, there are several things to note about this book. First, most people won’t read the little line that states this author is not the Dan Brown of best seller fame, so they’ll buy it believing he is. I almost wish he had used a pseudonym.

What I would like to make clear is that the writing, in and of itself, was for the most part rather good aside from the over use of “had” that often took me out of the story.

It is quite obvious there was no editor. I believe this is a self-published book, which is all well and good, but without editing and a truthful outside”impression” of the story line, the writer goes with his/her gut and doesn’t see what the reader does. That’s because writers (of which I consider myself), are too close to their ‘baby’. And, all too many writers ask friends or family to read it and of course, those people love you and wouldn’t want to dissuade you from writing that novel.

From the start I was struck by the omission of necessary words and the double words that were never edited in or out. It appears the story was never run through Word or Open Office to find those mistakes and if it was, something is wrong with the program.

About Dan Chaon Author Of Race the Pale Horse pdf Book

Dan Chaon is the Author Of Race the Pale Horse pdf Book, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and You Remind Me of Me, which was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, and Entertainment Weekly, among other publications. Chaon’s fiction has appeared in many journals and anthologies, including Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, and The O. Henry Prize Stories. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction, and he was the recipient of the 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Chaon lives in Cleveland, Ohio, and teaches at Oberlin College, where he is the Pauline M. Delaney Professor of Creative Writing. His new novel, Await Your Reply, will be published in late August 2009.