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Sharp Knvies & Loud Guns

Sharp Knives & Loud Guns Sharp Knives & Loud Guns by Tom Leins

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Still trying to figure out the disturbing but undeniable attraction to Leins' writing. (I'm filling a shelf with his books.) The ledes, of course: "Henry Rivera is a fat, sloppy piece of shit." Picked that one at random. Sets the tone with refreshing bluntness, and it's downhill from there (for Rivera). Leins' utter lack of literary pretentiousness, coupled with his skill and inventiveness as a writer, kept me engaged page after page (I sprung for the paperback). "When I leave the Greasy Nugget, Remy Cornish is idling on the pavement in his mobility scooter, munching on a pack of beef and onion crisps." Another picked-at-random lede that does the job, telling you things are about to go very, very bad for a contemptible bad guy, never mind the scooter. Also had fun casting protagonist Joe Rey on the chance the Paignton Noir Case Files (of which SK & LG is the latest installment) gets opted. Robert De Niro, natch, but too old. An against-type Rowan Atkinson? Also too old. Joe Pesci? Ditto. Wait--Timothy Olyphant. Showed he can do psychopath in Justified. But can he do the accent? They'd probably set it in Baltimore and give Rey a girlfriend. I hate the series already.



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Published on March 07, 2022 06:53 Tags: crime, noir, paignton, tom-leins

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