Ludlumesque

English Alternative forms en Ludlum-esque Etymology From en Ludlum esque. Adjective Plotted in the style of Robert Ludlum's novels, noted especially for their intricate and extensive use of thriller tropes. en Publishers Weekly review of Robert Ludlum The Bourne Supremacy 1986 Ludlum has never come up with a more head-spinning, spine-jolting, intricately mystifying, Armageddonish, in short Ludlumesque, thriller than this. en 1987 Viking Misery w:Stephen King ?? http://books.google.com/books?id=2ANRSQIyYqYC&pg=PT225&dq=Ludlumesque&hl=en&sa=X&ei=m311UZ3uOaW80AHanYD4Bw&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAjgU It had been damp; Scotch tape did not like the damp; in many cases her Ludlumesque little traps had undoubtedly just peeled off and floated away on some random draft. en Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather w:Jincy Willett 2003 Thomas Dunne Books 112 http://books.google.com/books?id=xsPtFjRq1_kC&lpg=PA112&dq=Ludlumesque&pg=PA112#v=onepage&q=Ludlumesque&f=false There's even a best-selling paperback novelist living in Frome, Dante Minuto, whom none of us has ever seen, who writes Ludlumesque thrillers with Ludlumesque titles, like The Marchpane Cicatrix and The Wiesenheimer Punctilio. en Consuming Books: The Marketing and Consumption of Literature Stephen Brown Rattles from the Swill Bucket Stephen Brown 13 2006 Routledge http://books.google.com/books?id=szNxGEblHrkC&lpg=PA13&dq=Ludlumesque&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q=Ludlumesque&f=false Its singularly serendipitous nature lends itself to romantic novelisation (book cross-dressing, as it were) or Ludlumesque thrillers (book double-crossing, so to speak). Titled in the style of Robert Ludlum's novels, typically consisting of "The", followed by a proper noun used attributively, then an understated common noun. en Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather w:Jincy Willett 2003 Thomas Dunne Books 112 http://books.google.com/books?id=xsPtFjRq1_kC&lpg=PA112&dq=Ludlumesque&pg=PA112#v=onepage&q=Ludlumesque&f=false There's even a best-selling paperback novelist living in Frome, Dante Minuto, whom none of us has ever seen, who writes Ludlumesque thrillers with Ludlumesque titles, like The Marchpane Cicatrix and The Wiesenheimer Punctilio. en The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country w:Howard Fineman Random House 38 http://books.google.com/books?id=pLNs8fLkGoMC&lpg=PA38&dq=Ludlumesque&pg=PA38#v=onepage&q=Ludlumesque&f=false 2008 It had not taken long for the press to bestow upon the event legendary status and a Ludlumesque name: “the 'macaca' incident.” en Curiosities of Literature John Sutherland 2009 184 Skyhorse Publishing http://books.google.com/books?id=j_7Z_OY9GKcC&pg=PT184&dq=Ludlumesque&hl=en&sa=X&ei=E3N1UemqHIOi0AG3xYGgDw&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBg Most publicized is the Italian firm, Bulgari jewellery, who commissioned Fay Weldon, in 2001, to write what became The Bulgari Connection (in the circumstances, a wonderfully wry, Ludlumesque, title). en eponyms