You Were Never Really Here (Movie Tie-In)

By Jonathan Ames

Book Overview

Now a major motion picture starring Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here is a gritty, harrowing story of corruption and one man's violent quest for vengeance. Joe has witnessed things that cannot be erased. A former FBI agent and Marine, his abusive childhood has left him damaged beyond repair. He has completely withdrawn from the world and earns his living rescuing girls who have been kidnapped into the sex trade. When he's hired to save the daughter of a corrupt New York senator held captive at a Manhattan brothel, he stumbles into a dangerous web of conspiracy, and he pays the price. As Joe's small web of associates are picked off one by one, he realizes that he has no choice but to take the fight to the men who want him dead. Brutal and redemptive in equal measure, You Were Never Really Here is a toxic shot of a thriller, laced with corruption, revenge and the darkest of inner demons.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525562893
• ISBN13: 9780525562894
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Awesome and breathtaking

The Movie was really good and very closed to the novel. But the novel is amazing. Full of details that would have made the movie longer but even better. So much is to be discovered by the book that I had to get the movie on dvd to check it out. I had a great time in both, reading, watching. Having seen the movie before going through the book, I had the pleasant feeling of knowing just how the main character would express facial and body signs. Be prepared because violence crude words and fighting is on the main menu. The story is so simple it makes it lovable so much more. It is just too bad that the book is so short. I have checked online for the possibility of a following book to this one. Answer is yes and no. Yes it is projected to have a second story following this one, but no because no date has been stopped to deliver.

Short but fun read

Even though this book is short, the impact it has is big!