Jasper: The Gloves Are Off

by A.B. Patterson, Scotch Rutherford (foreword)

The "bad boy of Australian crime fiction" himself, A.B. Patterson, adapts Nathan Hill's cult classic independent film, The Gloves Are Off , into a wild and raunchy novelization. Jasper is the proverbial private eye looking for that one last gig. When he's hired to track down the daughter of a prostitute, he gets into a world of hurt. The many women he encounters along the way both alleviate and sometimes contribute to that hurt. Compared to a cross between Henry Miller and Ross MacDonald, A.B. Patterson's blue prose will have you laughing and longing for the days when a scoundrel could be a scoundrel without New Puritans jumping down his throat for doing nothing more than living his life and being free!

121 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 16, 2024

About the author

A. B. Patterson is an Australian writer who knows first-hand about corruption, power, crime and sex. He was a Detective Sergeant in the WA Police, working in paedophilia and vice, and later was a Chief Investigator with the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption.

In 2015 he published his debut crime novel, "Harry's World". The sequel, "Harry's Quest", was published in 2018. The third novel, "Harry's Grail", arrived in 2025. He has also had short crime fiction published in the US, in "Switchblade", "Econoclash Review" and 'Pulp Modern". In 2020 he published his first collection of short stories, "Harry Kenmare, PI - At Your Service". He has also had a novella published in 2024 by Uncle B. Publications, "Jasper: The Gloves Are Off".

Reviews

[Shawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Raunchy detective fiction about a guy looking for a lost daughter. He beds down every woman he meets along the way. In modern times, prudish people might be offended by this kind of literature. Look, it's male fantasy. Let us have our fantasies, for pete's sake!