Sawyer was reading the manuscript last week on Lost, and now it is out on bookshelves. Bad Twin is being billed as a book written by a man named Gary Troup, who hasn't been heard from since Oceanic flight 815 disappeared after leaving Sydney, Australia in September 2004 (yes, the book description on Amazon does give a date for that fateful flight). 'Gary Troup' is an anagram for 'Purgatory'. By the way, there are already mostly positive customer reviews.The description on Amazon says the book is about a private investigator named Paul Artisan who investigates the disappearance of one of a set of twins (the "bad twin"). It says, "Troup's long-awaited Bad Twin is a suspenseful novel that touches on many powerful themes, including the consequence of vengeance, the power of redemption, and where to turn when all seems lost."
Will you read the book this summer? By the way, if you don't feel like reading, the audio version is available on iTunes.
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5-06-2006 @ 11:32AM
Adrian said...
Milk the cow! JJ and the new ways to get cash from tv products.
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5-06-2006 @ 1:21PM
David said...
I picked this book up a few days ago and have been slowly reading it. I feels like some of the characters in the book are modeled after some of the major characters on the island. Also, the Hanso foundation is brought up multiple times, and the lead character, Paul, walks right into a Hanso lab! heh.
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5-06-2006 @ 3:24PM
MrAkai said...
Is this supposed to be the "manuscript" that Sawyer was reading on last week's lost?
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5-06-2006 @ 3:52PM
Ian said...
What exactly is the book's connection to "Lost".
Is it an approved book, or is it a spin off venture?
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5-06-2006 @ 6:33PM
ALLISON said...
An anagram of artisan is Sinatra. Hmm...interesting.
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5-06-2006 @ 8:26PM
Tucker said...
It is official, as it's been alluded to or mentioned in connection with the show. Copyright is actually listed as Touchstone TV, so no insight as to who ghost-wrote it - I wonder if it was one of the creators/writers/etc. I happened across it at the mall today and picked it up on the cheap, so I'll take a tear through it. Trashy or not, I'll gets me whatever Lost I can take.
Just how much it figures into the story, or if it's just going to be a lot of cheeky nods to the show, remains to be seen. I thumbed through the first few chapters pretty quickly, and the writing is decent. Possibly even a step above most other trashy summer reading, but we'll see.
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5-06-2006 @ 9:00PM
Cyberphin said...
I know some Troup's in Pennsylvania. hmm I'll have to ask them what they know.
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5-06-2006 @ 10:01PM
Heather said...
Can someone explain this Hanso stuff to me? I'm a little confused about it. How did everyone know about this and what does it actually have to do with Lost? I visited the website and I am just not getting it. I'm sorry to those of you who understand and think I'm nuts. :)
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5-08-2006 @ 8:37AM
Hollie said...
Who is the reader for the audio version? I can't get to iTunes on my old Windows 98 box. It is also available at audible.com, but they can't be bothered to tell me who reads it.
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