by Ken Hebenstreit
OK – this one’s not for everyone, but if you can stand the relentless violence and seriously bad people that populate this novel you’re in for a helluva ride. Take a deep breath before you start reading and then join Hank Thompson and the mess he finds himself in. Hank was a hot baseball prospect in California whose potential career was abruptly ended with an on-field injury and he has been spinning downhill ever since. Now he lives in NYC on the Lower East Side, is a bartender and a drunk. A neighbor asks Hank to cat sit and then disappears. Things quickly turn bad as people arrive looking for the neighbor and turn to Hank for answers that he doesn’t know. The book jacket dubs this neo-noir and if you would like a taste go to the author’s web site (http://www.pulpnoir.com/) and give him a try.
Tags: caught stealing, charlie huston, fiction, first edition, noir, pulp
February 6, 2008 at 7:56 pm |
Shar replies:
I had to quit reading after about 40 pages. The violence was gratuitous and I was annoyed that the author hadn’t adequately explained why the bad guys targeted Hank.
February 8, 2008 at 4:45 pm |
The reason they were after him becomes clear later . . I loved the book as well as Charlie’s other four books . There are three in the caught stealing and two vampire books as well No Dominion and another one . I read each book in about a day as you cannot put them down , truely a roller coaster ride of excitment and I identified with the hero . I can’t wait till he writes more .