Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier is an epistolary novel in the genre of American writer Mark Frost . First published in English by Flatiron Books on October 31, 2017, is a continuation of the writer’s previous book, The Secret History of Twin Peaks , released a year earlier.
| Twin Peaks: Last Dossier | |
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| Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier | |
 Cover of the first edition (2017) | |
| Genre | romance dossier |
| Author | Mark Frost |
| Original language | English |
| Date of first publication | October 31, 2017 |
| Publishing house | Flatiron books |
| Cycle | |
| Previous | The Secret History of Twin Peaks |
Contents
Unlike The Secret History , which consists of a variety of documents compiled by Major Garland Briggs, The Last Dossier contains a series of 18 reports from Tamara Preston, a special-purpose FBI agent written after the events of the series . The dossiers reveal the stories of several characters that were not fully disclosed in the television series or the previous book, and also clarify some of the apparent differences between them [1] . The book contains 18 dossiers:
- Shelley Johnson
- Horns and Haywards
- Donna Hayward
- Ben and Audrey Horn
- Jerry Horn
- Double R
- Annie blackburn
- Windom earl
- Return to Twin Peaks
- Miss Twin Peaks
- Dr. Lawrence Jacobi
- Margaret Coulson
- Sheriff Harry Truman
- Major Briggs
- Phillip Jeffries
- Judy
- Ray Monroe
- Today
At the conclusion of the report, Tamara Preston writes that the time frame around them has changed: the residents of Twin Peaks believe that Laura Palmer disappeared, was never found dead. Preston hurriedly leaves the city, as her memory begins to cloud and her previous knowledge of the Palmer case begins to fade [2] .
Reviews
Stuart Kelly of commented on the piece: “Like the television version, there is a disturbing balance between Gothic horror and buffoonery comedy.” The critic sees in the book an allusion to modern America with its idyll that never existed [3] .
According to NPR Glen Weldon, “The last dossier is the whole story, actually reads like a“ biblical story ”created by television show runners to create a narrative universe of the series filled with good substantiated things that didn't bother“ The Return ”" [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Weldon, Glen. 'Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier' Does What 'The Return' Didn't . NPR (November 6, 2017). Date of treatment January 1, 2019.
- ↑ Coggan, Devan. How the new Twin Peaks book helps explain the finale . Entertainment Weekly (November 3, 2017). Date of treatment January 1, 2019.
- ↑ Kelly, Stuart. Book review: Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier, by Mark Frost . The Scotsman (December 7, 2017). Date of treatment January 1, 2019.
Links
- Twin Peaks: The Last File (English) on the publisher’s website
- Twin Peaks: The Last File on the Fantasy Lab website