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Nicholas Rombes

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Nicholas Rombes works in Detroit. His novels include The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing (Two Dollar Radio), The Rachel Condition (CLASH Books), and Lisa 2, v 1.0 (Calamari Archives). He's written for The Believer, The Oxford American, n+1 online, & Filmmaker Magazine and is author of Ramones, from Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series and 10/40/70 from Zer0 Books. ...more

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Published on July 02, 2026 06:13
Average rating: 3.60 · 832 ratings · 131 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors
Ramones

3.46 avg rating — 388 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions
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The Absolution of Roberto A...

3.64 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions
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A Cultural Dictionary of Pu...

3.87 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
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Cinema in the Digital Age

3.62 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions
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Lisa 2, v1.0

4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2024
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10/40/70: Constraint as Lib...

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The Rachel Condition

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Gerry: Movies Minute by Minute

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Nightmare Trails at Knifepoint

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009
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Classic Evenson. If it disappoints a little, it's only in comparison to Last Days, whose bar is so high. It's got the same mordant humor, classic Chandler-era detective pacing, and noir-ish sense that Fate will always catch you in the end. ...more
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I commissioned this book as part of the Timecodes series (Bloomsbury Publishing) hoping Shaviro would bring his keen, theoretical eye to the film, which he did. Because the film under discussion--Neptune Frost--is not well known in many circles, it t ...more
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"Never Love a Gambler" remains, for me, Ridgway's best work. A small book of a few short stories, I can't shake them from my head. Next would be "Horses," followed by "Hawthorn & Child." "Dooneen" is like a lost modernist novel. The language is every ...more
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Nicholas Rombes Thank you for doing this, Bill--I hadn't noticed someone had changed this. I'm so glad the novels resonate for you!

Yes, working on an expanded edition of the Laing novel, and partway through a new one about a doppelganger of Detroit that gradually removes the city piece by piece and replaces it with facsimiles.


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Bill Hsu There's a goodreads user named Professor Nicholas Rombes. Someone had changed the author of The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing to the Prof; last week I noticed this and changed it back. Hope that's ok?

(I love your 3 novels and hope to see a new one soon!)


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