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Quick Draw
A woman taking on risky business for a chance at a new life. A dirty detective in over his head with a criminal kingpin. A family slaughtered in their luxurious living room. A drug deal in a desolate corner of Death Valley. Disillusioned spies and decades-old scandals. A samurai blade that can best a volley of hundreds of bullets. A boy carrying nothing but a guitar case and a grudge-fueled mission…
Quick Draw, winner of the 2012 Golden Elephant Award, combines samurai spirit with spaghetti Western, taking a classic revenge tale and infusing it with clear-eyed criticism of modern America. Set on the West Coast of the U.S., this novel reaches the heights of a hard-boiled crime thriller with the welcome addition of a touch of contemporary urban mythos. Once you start turning the pages, there is no turning back.
Quick Draw, winner of the 2012 Golden Elephant Award, combines samurai spirit with spaghetti Western, taking a classic revenge tale and infusing it with clear-eyed criticism of modern America. Set on the West Coast of the U.S., this novel reaches the heights of a hard-boiled crime thriller with the welcome addition of a touch of contemporary urban mythos. Once you start turning the pages, there is no turning back.
252 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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April 2, 2023
This could work really well as a movie, but the prose and overall maturity level feel like a middle schooler recounting a violent fantasy they had.
"He picked up the gun and blew his head off, and then another guy cut off his arm with a sword, and then the closest guard's head split open, and then the whole building exploded."
It's fascinating how the author obviously knows a lot about American federal investigative organizations yet never manages to have the people inhabiting them act as anything more than tired pulp fiction caricatures. Brian is the crooked cop. Michaels is the crooked agent. Enfield is the crooked white-collar woman.
There are some genuinely neat ideas here, like Mondo, but the execution is so haphazard that I often found myself confused as to how characters got from one scene to the next or how information made its way to characters that never even needed it.
Fine (and even unique) as far as hard-boiled stories go, but don't expect anything coherent.
"He picked up the gun and blew his head off, and then another guy cut off his arm with a sword, and then the closest guard's head split open, and then the whole building exploded."
It's fascinating how the author obviously knows a lot about American federal investigative organizations yet never manages to have the people inhabiting them act as anything more than tired pulp fiction caricatures. Brian is the crooked cop. Michaels is the crooked agent. Enfield is the crooked white-collar woman.
There are some genuinely neat ideas here, like Mondo, but the execution is so haphazard that I often found myself confused as to how characters got from one scene to the next or how information made its way to characters that never even needed it.
Fine (and even unique) as far as hard-boiled stories go, but don't expect anything coherent.
February 5, 2015
Wasn't sure what to expect, but was really surprised at the pacing and action. Can't wait for his next book.
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