This is a longer book, past gritty through cynical, landing somewhere between bitter and angry. Lots of wasted lives, and lots of international bad neighboring. A slim ray of hope is a couple of people manage to get themselves clear of the violence, maybe a little out of the mud. Well written, with a gallows humor twisting the turns of phrase.
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Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin
So I read another novel by Ms. Heaberlin and it was pretty good, so I grabbed this one while I was at the library, and it's also prett...
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A beautiful novel about life as a mobster (in 1940s Tampa) and all the contradictions and complications of it. Lehane clearly has an ear f...
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This is early Vachss, all taut and violent, more than a little murky to my mind. It is not good to be a sexual offender in a Vachss novel....
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A beautiful novel of violence, vengeance and pain, set against a backdrop of small-town bigotry. If you see this, or *Razorblade Tears*, t...
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