NEW YORK, USA (AFP) .- In full crisis of publishing business model, James Frey leads the project “ENDGAME- call”, “a novel of the century”, according to him, in addition to embracing the new technologies hidden clues to find a prize of $ 500,000 for the first reader to solve the mystery.
“I’m ashamed to say I hope not sell millions of copies of this book and having a commercial vocation. That does not mean I’m a cynical thinking of writing a million dollar idea. I just tried to give the reader the coolest thing that has happened to me, “says the author Efe, establishing this global competition and has published his book this week simultaneously in 30 countries.
James Frey seems to have lesson learned and try to make his intentions clear from the start. “Sure it’s a commercial project. With Google, 20th Century Fox, Harper Collins and Cesar Palace putting money before you start, what do you think? “He says.
Gone are the controversies of” In a thousand pieces “, a book published in 2003 as a memoir of self-problems of drugs and alcohol but then had to be redefined as a book of semificción by literary license he had taken his own life.
this has now decided to call things by their name and embark on a childish fantasy (do a similar one of his favorite books literary puzzle as a child, “Marquerade” by Kit Williams) but “all the speeches today offers the world today “.
A movie, a video game, the help of geolocation to continue the adventure of” Endgame “in real life and up to 50 accounts in social networks that lead creating legions of fans from a year ago, to heat the promotion of the work, are part of the phenomenon “Endgame”, which will be, moreover, a literary trilogy “The Call” is just the first of three acts.
Now, the use of plant tracks in these pages to find $ 500,000 would be perhaps the most controversial in what could be interpreted as a desperate appeal to attract a reader, says increasingly more bored.
“But this money is mine. I could have put in a mutual fund, I have saved for my children’s education, “the author, who shares credit with Nils Johnson-Shelton, as the project stands, plus a year of literary development, it took 12 months search associates and 18 development and coordination of all platforms.
“I do not care why you read my book while you read and enjoy,” says Frey, and ensures that discover this mystery is “incredibly difficult” (from the publisher estimated that in the best case, it will take about nine months to connect the dots) and not sure what profile reader get it.
“I hope it is a Czechoslovakian 80 year old man or woman of 70 in Seville. I am convinced that we will be surprised, “he says.
Despite all the paraphernalia surrounding this” Endgame “Frey appeals to actually no longer be” a story and characters that engage the reader that make people suffer, scared, excited … can not stop reading in bed at night, “he says.
This story manages to twelve ancient lineages that fight each other to survive electing a representative be prepared for an impending disaster.
A dozen ancient civilizations to which Frey makes a historical review “with no intention to educate but to entertain, but if someone takes you to want to know more of them , delighted. “
It is declines to include in those civilizations the world today. “The world today is a ruin. It’s fascinating, awful … But I guess neither more nor less than has been the world forever, “he says.
But, he says, but the adventures always lead to other times (his favorite author is Alejandro Dumas, especially his book “The Count of Monte Cristo”), his life, today, is no less exciting.
“This is how life has to be an adventure in itself. And this project has been the most risky, frantic and adventurous I’ve ever done, “says
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