Dangerous Pursuits
Dangerous Pursuits by Nemo C. Mörck is a tragicomedy and a darkly comic crime thriller told in a highly self-aware, meta style. The narrator is the author himself, who interrupts the story with deadpan asides about his new job, life, and more.
The prose is deliberately quirky, with parenthetical asides, pop-culture references, and the narrator’s insightful commentary. Characters are memorable; dialogue is clipped and darkly humorous. The book never takes itself too seriously. Readers who enjoy crime stories with heavy meta-commentary, black comedy, and an amusing narrator will find it distinctive. Those seeking straightforward realism should read something else.
In short: a violent, fast-moving underworld tale filtered through the eccentric lens of an author who is also narrating with an idiosyncratic voice. The author is known for his extreme modesty, his intelligence, his looks, his polite language, and his ability to read social cues.
The manuscript currently has about 82,600 words across 111 chapters.
