Santa Barbara folks... our celebrated local indie, Chaucer's Books, has signed copies of #TheContortionistsHandbook on their shelves. You know what to do.
February 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Santa Barbara folks... our celebrated local indie, Chaucer's Books, has signed copies of #TheContortionistsHandbook on their shelves. You know what to do.
My stash of books arrived from my publisher today. This label went through the postal service, so it has to be true, right? #TheContortionistsHandbook #CrimeFiction #noir
January 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
My stash of books arrived from my publisher today. This label went through the postal service, so it has to be true, right? #TheContortionistsHandbook #CrimeFiction #noir
Had a long distance (and long) sit-down with Robb Olson of @thearcparty.bsky.social... we talked about #TheContortionistsHandbook then and now, and a host of topics that I can't remember. But it was a blast.
#CrimeFiction
#Noir
www.thearcparty.com/p/craig-clev...
#CrimeFiction
#Noir
www.thearcparty.com/p/craig-clev...
Craig Clevenger - THE CONTORTIONIST'S HANDBOOK
Available now from Datura - Paperback, Audiobook, ebook
www.thearcparty.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Had a long distance (and long) sit-down with Robb Olson of @thearcparty.bsky.social... we talked about #TheContortionistsHandbook then and now, and a host of topics that I can't remember. But it was a blast.
#CrimeFiction
#Noir
www.thearcparty.com/p/craig-clev...
#CrimeFiction
#Noir
www.thearcparty.com/p/craig-clev...
This is why I love working with independents. Thanks for the support, y'all. #TheContortionistsHandbook #crimefiction
January 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is why I love working with independents. Thanks for the support, y'all. #TheContortionistsHandbook #crimefiction
Tomorrow afternoon, 3pm, at Artifact Books in Encinitas, CA, I'll be defacing copies of #TheContortionistsHandbook, and reading alongside the lads from "The Amber Waves of Autumn.
January 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Tomorrow afternoon, 3pm, at Artifact Books in Encinitas, CA, I'll be defacing copies of #TheContortionistsHandbook, and reading alongside the lads from "The Amber Waves of Autumn.
I celebrated release day yesterday with Tony DuShane on "Drinks with Tony." We talked #TheContortionistsHandbook, our mutual love of libraries and a host of other random topics.
Listen Thursday at 6pm on 92.9FM Los Gatos and 101.9FM Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen Thursday at 6pm on 92.9FM Los Gatos and 101.9FM Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts.
January 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I celebrated release day yesterday with Tony DuShane on "Drinks with Tony." We talked #TheContortionistsHandbook, our mutual love of libraries and a host of other random topics.
Listen Thursday at 6pm on 92.9FM Los Gatos and 101.9FM Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen Thursday at 6pm on 92.9FM Los Gatos and 101.9FM Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts.
January 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Here's the original Guardian review for #TheContortionistsHandbook from none other than Irvine Welsh himself. This one really lit a fire under my career years ago. And the re-release is just a week away...
www.theguardian.com/books/2005/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2005/a...
Review: The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger
Irvine Welsh on Craig Clevenger's The Contortionist's Handbook, a novel destined for 'cult' status.
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Here's the original Guardian review for #TheContortionistsHandbook from none other than Irvine Welsh himself. This one really lit a fire under my career years ago. And the re-release is just a week away...
www.theguardian.com/books/2005/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2005/a...
When I wrote The Contortionist's Handbook, I wanted to give a nod to some of my old L.A. haunts, so John Vincent (my protagonist) stops at Boardner's for a shot (four, I think). More from Handbook tour of L.A. to come...
#TheContortionistsHandbook
#bookstagram
#daturabooks
#crimefiction
#noir
#TheContortionistsHandbook
#bookstagram
#daturabooks
#crimefiction
#noir
December 18, 2024 at 6:39 PM
When I wrote The Contortionist's Handbook, I wanted to give a nod to some of my old L.A. haunts, so John Vincent (my protagonist) stops at Boardner's for a shot (four, I think). More from Handbook tour of L.A. to come...
#TheContortionistsHandbook
#bookstagram
#daturabooks
#crimefiction
#noir
#TheContortionistsHandbook
#bookstagram
#daturabooks
#crimefiction
#noir
"He's still circling tighter and tighter, every now and again a quick snap of his jaws when he sees a soft spot." From #TheContortionistsHandbook Datura Books, January 2025
December 4, 2024 at 5:08 PM
"He's still circling tighter and tighter, every now and again a quick snap of his jaws when he sees a soft spot." From #TheContortionistsHandbook Datura Books, January 2025
You know what to do. #TheContortionistsHandbook
November 18, 2024 at 7:31 PM
You know what to do. #TheContortionistsHandbook
Saturday, January 18th at 3pm, I'll be at Artifact Books in Encinitas, CA, for the re-release of #TheContortionistsHandbook forthcoming from Datura Books, with an intro by Jordan Harper. See y'all there.
November 14, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Saturday, January 18th at 3pm, I'll be at Artifact Books in Encinitas, CA, for the re-release of #TheContortionistsHandbook forthcoming from Datura Books, with an intro by Jordan Harper. See y'all there.
It's alive. #TheContortionistsHandbook
October 26, 2024 at 6:30 AM
It's alive. #TheContortionistsHandbook
So... a non-scientific poll for all y'all who've read #TheContortionistsHandbook (for those of you who haven't, this post/thread is spoiler adjacent... read further at your [kinda but not really] peril). A short thread.
September 18, 2024 at 3:35 AM
So... a non-scientific poll for all y'all who've read #TheContortionistsHandbook (for those of you who haven't, this post/thread is spoiler adjacent... read further at your [kinda but not really] peril). A short thread.