#TheContortionistsHandbook
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
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
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...
Craig Clevenger - THE CONTORTIONIST'S HANDBOOK
Available now from Datura - Paperback, Audiobook, ebook
www.thearcparty.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is why I love working with independents. Thanks for the support, y'all. #TheContortionistsHandbook #crimefiction
January 19, 2025 at 6:31 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.
January 17, 2025 at 6:51 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.

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January 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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...
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
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...

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#noir
December 18, 2024 at 6:39 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
December 4, 2024 at 5:08 PM
You know what to do. #TheContortionistsHandbook
November 18, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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
October 26, 2024 at 6:30 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.
September 18, 2024 at 3:35 AM