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Dig: A Dark Crime Comedy
One body. Two brothers. A whole lotta gravedigging.
Most people need all ten fingers to play the piano. So when up-and-coming bluesman Griff Wiggins freakishly loses two of his fingers, it doesn’t take much effort for his two-bit older brother Ollie to talk him into a career change.
The career? Robbing the local kingpin.
But when the robbery goes sideways, they find themselves digging a shallow grave in a mountain pass. The dead body wasn’t part of the plan, but if they can just dig the grave and lay the body to rest, they’ll be on their way with the score of a lifetime. Seems easy enough, right?
Wrong. There’s Ollie’s girlfriend who’s playing her own angle. There’s car trouble. There’s a one-legged associate who can’t stop bringing up quasi-philosophical quandaries. But most importantly, there’s a river of bad blood flowing through a lifetime of broken brotherhood.
And Griff and Ollie will have to bury the hatchet if they hope to bury the body.
Most people need all ten fingers to play the piano. So when up-and-coming bluesman Griff Wiggins freakishly loses two of his fingers, it doesn’t take much effort for his two-bit older brother Ollie to talk him into a career change.
The career? Robbing the local kingpin.
But when the robbery goes sideways, they find themselves digging a shallow grave in a mountain pass. The dead body wasn’t part of the plan, but if they can just dig the grave and lay the body to rest, they’ll be on their way with the score of a lifetime. Seems easy enough, right?
Wrong. There’s Ollie’s girlfriend who’s playing her own angle. There’s car trouble. There’s a one-legged associate who can’t stop bringing up quasi-philosophical quandaries. But most importantly, there’s a river of bad blood flowing through a lifetime of broken brotherhood.
And Griff and Ollie will have to bury the hatchet if they hope to bury the body.
119 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 12, 2024
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July 20, 2026
I recommend it
This was an interesting read. It reminded me of the saying, “If something can go wrong, it will.” The dialogue was distinct and reminded me of Pulp Fiction. I couldn’t believe the barriers the characters faced as they worked toward their goal.
Although this is a comedy, the humor didn’t land for me. The grammatical errors were jarring at times and pulled me out of the story. I still recommend it.
This was an interesting read. It reminded me of the saying, “If something can go wrong, it will.” The dialogue was distinct and reminded me of Pulp Fiction. I couldn’t believe the barriers the characters faced as they worked toward their goal.
Although this is a comedy, the humor didn’t land for me. The grammatical errors were jarring at times and pulled me out of the story. I still recommend it.
March 19, 2024
Dead is not dead until it is
For those who like their Coen Brothers dished up with great dollops of Tarantino, then Dig will be a fun and fast-paced read for you.
The story begins with a payback mutilation within the first couple of pages, and this tale of robbery, revenge and retribution takes off at a rapid-fire pace from there.
The well, but quickly drawn characters zig and zag through their narrative journeys, binding you to them in a most engaging, if not embracing way. The Femme Fatale is straight out of Raymond Chandler. So absorbing are they all that when they do stumble through the occasional hey, how did that just come out of nowhere? you've already suspended disbelief, thanks to the characters’ own macabre sense of right, wrong and doublecross.
That everybody gets what's coming to them is a pure tribute to the noire tradition, and the end is consequently as satisfying as it is disturbing.
We should look forward to more from this author, maybe with a little more mustard on the pastrami next time.
For those who like their Coen Brothers dished up with great dollops of Tarantino, then Dig will be a fun and fast-paced read for you.
The story begins with a payback mutilation within the first couple of pages, and this tale of robbery, revenge and retribution takes off at a rapid-fire pace from there.
The well, but quickly drawn characters zig and zag through their narrative journeys, binding you to them in a most engaging, if not embracing way. The Femme Fatale is straight out of Raymond Chandler. So absorbing are they all that when they do stumble through the occasional hey, how did that just come out of nowhere? you've already suspended disbelief, thanks to the characters’ own macabre sense of right, wrong and doublecross.
That everybody gets what's coming to them is a pure tribute to the noire tradition, and the end is consequently as satisfying as it is disturbing.
We should look forward to more from this author, maybe with a little more mustard on the pastrami next time.
June 3, 2025
This novella offers a pair of brothers who try robbing a local crime boss as a way of overcoming a longtime rift between them. Nothing goes right, twisting a seemingly simple plot with each complication. While some of the plot points strain credulity to say the least, each new wrinkle ups the tension. While nowhere near their storytelling ability, this book at times feels like a Coen brothers tale down to the characters with unique voices. I read "Pastrami Crawford's" Substack so I was looking forward to this book. It was a quick, fun read and I hope he has other books in him.
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