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The Day After Tomorrow (novel)
''The Day After Tomorrow'' (1994 in literature, 1994) is a thriller (genre), thriller novel by Allan Folsom which appeared in the number 3 spot in its first week on the New York Times bestseller list for fiction. Despite this being the first novel by Folsom, the American publishing rights for it were sold for two million dollars. Plot summary Paul Osborn sees the man who has murdered his father years before while sitting in a cafe, in Paris, and assaults him. The murderer, Henri Kanarack, flees. Osborn hires a detective to find out who Kanarack was and his address. He then devises a plan, involving Suxamethonium chloride, and planning to torture him to discover why Kanarack murdered his father, before killing him and dumping his body in the Seine. Detective McVey comes to Paris in order to meet some experts on the case of a couple of decapitations, where the bodies and heads were found deep-frozen. A few days later Osborn tries to kill Kanarack, torturing him with Suxamethonium ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1994. Events *October 11 – The choice of James Kelman's book ''How Late It Was, How Late'' as the year's Booker Prize winner proves controversial. One of the judges, Rabbi Julia Neuberger, declares it "a disgrace" and leaves the event, later calling the book "crap"; WHSmith's marketing manager calls the award "an embarrassment to the whole book trade"; Waterstone's in Glasgow (where it is set) sells a mere 13 copies of Kelman's "Mogadon" the following week. *November 26 – Poland's Ministry of Culture and Art orders the exhumation of the presumed grave of the absurdist painter, playwright and novelist Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (suicide 1939) in Zakopane. Genetic tests on the remains show they belonged to an unknown woman. *December 1 – Iceland's National and University Library of Iceland (Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn) is founded in Reykjavík by merging the former national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |