The Dark Fields

The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn, 1st American Edition, 2002
I picked this up during my weekly troll of the thrift store. I almost never buy hypermodern fiction as I am so bad at selling it. I always miss the mark, that high point when a book reaches it zenith in profitability before thudding back to earth. I sold a copy of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking right before the movie Julie/Julia came out. My copy went for $12.00. During the frenzy I saw them going for up to $50.00, same edition, same condition. It's hitting a moving target and I always freeze up. Plus, I'm conflicted because I kinda want to keep it. It's so pretty with the blue silk bookmark and glossy jacket and I really want to read it but every time a book like this gets read it gets a little more worn. Still, a dark techno thriller is right up my alley. Ima try to sell it anyway and if it doesn't go then I keep it. I win!
Here's an editorial review from Amazon:
"Imagine a drug that makes your brain function with perfect efficiency, tapping into your most fundamental resources of intelligence and drive, releasing all the passive knowledge you'd ever accumulated. A drug that made you focused, charming, fast, even attractive. Eddie Spinola is on such a drug. It's called MDT-48, and it's Viagra for the brain-a designer drug that's redesigning his life. But while MDT is helping Eddie achieve the kind of success he's only dreamed about, it's also chipping away at his sanity-splitting headaches, spontaneous blackouts, violent outbursts. And now that he's hooked and his supply is running low, Eddie must venture into the drug's dark past to feed his habit. What he discovers proves that MDT, once a dream come true, has become his worst nightmare."
There's a movie coming out next spring too. Robert De Niro and Elizabeth Banks.