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Christopher Bollen


Born
in The United States
November 26, 1975

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Christopher Bollen is a writer who lives in New York City. He regularly writes about art, literature, and culture and is the author of six novels, numerous short stories, articles, essays, and interviews.

His first novel, Lightning People, was published in 2011. His second novel, Orient, was published in 2015. He then wrote The Destsroyers, A Beautiful Crime, and The Lost Americans .

His new novel HAVOC was published December 3, 2024 by Harper.

Describing his novels, The Daily Telegraph notes that "Bollen writes expansive, psychologically probing novels in the manner of Updike, Eugenides and Franzen, but he is also an avowed disciple of Agatha Christie.
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Average rating: 3.57 · 17,251 ratings · 2,693 reviews · 15 distinct worksSimilar authors
Havoc

3.58 avg rating — 8,394 ratings — published 2024 — 12 editions
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A Beautiful Crime

3.61 avg rating — 2,673 ratings — published 2020
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Orient

3.57 avg rating — 2,587 ratings25 editions
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The Destroyers

3.40 avg rating — 1,729 ratings — published 2017 — 14 editions
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The Lost Americans

3.72 avg rating — 1,101 ratings — published 2023 — 13 editions
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Lightning People

3.41 avg rating — 233 ratings9 editions
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Long Island

3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings4 editions
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Barneys New York

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Manhattan people

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“Was there anything as innocent as willful self-destruction?”
Christopher Bollen, Orient

“Your little eco-friendly fairy tale ain’t going to happen. This was farming land long before it was cute-house land.”
Christopher Bollen, Orient

“When do the defense measures of a paranoid country become their own agents of self-destruction?”
Christopher Bollen, Orient

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