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All Them Dogs
Things are different since Tony Ward landed back in town.
The West Dublin gangland has changed. His old mentor is dead, and his best pal Kenny Boyle is on the straight and narrow. After five years keeping quiet across the way, Tony is keen to reinstate himself, and when the opportunity arises to work side by side with Darren 'Flute' Walsh, a top enforcer of notorious crime boss Aengus Lavelle, it feels like a no brainer.
Biting off more than he can chew has never bothered Tony Ward, but Flute Walsh is not the meek, quiet boy Tony remembers from school. Brooding, stoic, and unpredictably dangerous, Tony finds himself drawn to his new associate in more ways than one. With retribution from his past actions always close in the rear view, the protection offered by Flute's standing in the gang is crucial. But how safe is Tony really, when a mutual attraction starts to complicate matters?
'A claustrophobic masterpiece - an emotionally devastating literary crime novel set in Dublin's underworld, where violence, poverty, and toxic masculinity form a brutal backdrop to a brilliantly tender love story.' Isaac Fitzgerald
The West Dublin gangland has changed. His old mentor is dead, and his best pal Kenny Boyle is on the straight and narrow. After five years keeping quiet across the way, Tony is keen to reinstate himself, and when the opportunity arises to work side by side with Darren 'Flute' Walsh, a top enforcer of notorious crime boss Aengus Lavelle, it feels like a no brainer.
Biting off more than he can chew has never bothered Tony Ward, but Flute Walsh is not the meek, quiet boy Tony remembers from school. Brooding, stoic, and unpredictably dangerous, Tony finds himself drawn to his new associate in more ways than one. With retribution from his past actions always close in the rear view, the protection offered by Flute's standing in the gang is crucial. But how safe is Tony really, when a mutual attraction starts to complicate matters?
'A claustrophobic masterpiece - an emotionally devastating literary crime novel set in Dublin's underworld, where violence, poverty, and toxic masculinity form a brutal backdrop to a brilliantly tender love story.' Isaac Fitzgerald
225 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 19, 2026
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July 31, 2026
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026
I can't say that I've read many mafia books, but I've seen the movies, and stylistically, All Them Dogs sits well next to Mean Streets and Gomorrah. It has that raw, unapologetic, confusing atmosphere, and it will take some work to understand who is who and for whom everyone is working. We start with our protagonist, Tony Ward, trying to make a return to gang life after some years apart, following a crime he had committed. His experience is our experience. We know as much as he does. When he doesn't play the mandatory pretending game of the world he wants to conquer, he is a confusing fellow even to himself. And he is gay, or at least attracted to the guy hierarchically above him.
"I stared back over at him. Something about this fella's skin, man. Even with the wind it didn't go all red like everyone else's. His gaze was like a flashlight that just caught you rapid in the back seat, joints half rolled on your lap."
No, this isn't one of those guilty pleasure novels, which made me think that the last gay guy in "serious" mafia media goes back to The Sopranos. And that was an episodic character who gets killed because he is gay, which can create the impression that we will take whatever someone gives us on the subject, even if it is the bare minimum. But the author, Djamel White, thankfully created complex dynamics in this untouched territory. Tony is clearly gay, but it's unclear how many people know it. He feels the pressure to hide it, but the motives may be more personal, because his love interest, Darren (Flute), seems more comfortable being himself than he does. In their first intimate moments, Tony seems to negotiate, while Flute offers himself entirely. There are some beautiful, tense moments between these two, and the most impressive part is that their story is part of the bigger conflict at play. This is really a great mafia novel, which just happens to have a gay character as the protagonist.
"When I kissed him, he seized up like a key in the wrong lock and I felt the muscle of his neck ripple under my hand, just for one second before his lips came apart."
I see that many people compare this to Shuggie Bain. I can see it in the difficulty of the language. It is there. But I really think that the fact that the protagonist is a red flag waiting for something bad to happen isn't comparable to what happens in the bleak universe of Douglas Stuart.
"I remembered looking back over my shoulder as we ran away, Eddie Glackin lying there alone, not a friend in sight to hold him as he bled out, and I thought what a lonely world it was for unlovable fucks like us."
Tony is part of the organized crime world. He does bad things, so yes, something bad will happen, but that doesn't mean he can't be the one on top, or the one who survives. The last third of the novel reminded me of Goodfellas, and I believed until the last page that he could do it, whatever that meant. And that's why this novel was amazing, because the tension continues to build up until the last moment. Highly recommend it if you like mafia books, films, or lgbtq fiction.
I can't say that I've read many mafia books, but I've seen the movies, and stylistically, All Them Dogs sits well next to Mean Streets and Gomorrah. It has that raw, unapologetic, confusing atmosphere, and it will take some work to understand who is who and for whom everyone is working. We start with our protagonist, Tony Ward, trying to make a return to gang life after some years apart, following a crime he had committed. His experience is our experience. We know as much as he does. When he doesn't play the mandatory pretending game of the world he wants to conquer, he is a confusing fellow even to himself. And he is gay, or at least attracted to the guy hierarchically above him.
"I stared back over at him. Something about this fella's skin, man. Even with the wind it didn't go all red like everyone else's. His gaze was like a flashlight that just caught you rapid in the back seat, joints half rolled on your lap."
No, this isn't one of those guilty pleasure novels, which made me think that the last gay guy in "serious" mafia media goes back to The Sopranos. And that was an episodic character who gets killed because he is gay, which can create the impression that we will take whatever someone gives us on the subject, even if it is the bare minimum. But the author, Djamel White, thankfully created complex dynamics in this untouched territory. Tony is clearly gay, but it's unclear how many people know it. He feels the pressure to hide it, but the motives may be more personal, because his love interest, Darren (Flute), seems more comfortable being himself than he does. In their first intimate moments, Tony seems to negotiate, while Flute offers himself entirely. There are some beautiful, tense moments between these two, and the most impressive part is that their story is part of the bigger conflict at play. This is really a great mafia novel, which just happens to have a gay character as the protagonist.
"When I kissed him, he seized up like a key in the wrong lock and I felt the muscle of his neck ripple under my hand, just for one second before his lips came apart."
I see that many people compare this to Shuggie Bain. I can see it in the difficulty of the language. It is there. But I really think that the fact that the protagonist is a red flag waiting for something bad to happen isn't comparable to what happens in the bleak universe of Douglas Stuart.
"I remembered looking back over my shoulder as we ran away, Eddie Glackin lying there alone, not a friend in sight to hold him as he bled out, and I thought what a lonely world it was for unlovable fucks like us."
Tony is part of the organized crime world. He does bad things, so yes, something bad will happen, but that doesn't mean he can't be the one on top, or the one who survives. The last third of the novel reminded me of Goodfellas, and I believed until the last page that he could do it, whatever that meant. And that's why this novel was amazing, because the tension continues to build up until the last moment. Highly recommend it if you like mafia books, films, or lgbtq fiction.
July 27, 2025
Think of the grittiness from Young Mungo and the self-destructiveness from Anyone’s Ghost. This debut about a queer gang member in Dublin really struck a chord with me.
While reading, I wanted to shout at Tony so many times. After laying low for five years, he just slips back into his old life like it’s nothing. I felt the tension simmering when he chased people for money, the way he brushed off his own feelings whenever kids were involved. He was selfish, let his anger and fear take over, and somehow truly believed there was no other way but to mess everything up and get dragged back into gang life. Even Fanny, with her world at college, and Prendergast, who told him he might still become a fashion designer, couldn’t pull him out.
The story starts like the calm after a storm, until that same storm circles back and wrecks everything in its path. It kept me on edge, and I couldn’t stop reading. The knot in my stomach that formed in the first few pages only got tighter, and I clenched my fists more times than I can count. That ending left me staring into the distance, wishing for a sliver of hope.
Be aware that All Them Dogs is pretty disturbing and triggering in many ways.
Thank you, Riverhead and NetGalley, for this gut wrenching ARC.
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While reading, I wanted to shout at Tony so many times. After laying low for five years, he just slips back into his old life like it’s nothing. I felt the tension simmering when he chased people for money, the way he brushed off his own feelings whenever kids were involved. He was selfish, let his anger and fear take over, and somehow truly believed there was no other way but to mess everything up and get dragged back into gang life. Even Fanny, with her world at college, and Prendergast, who told him he might still become a fashion designer, couldn’t pull him out.
The story starts like the calm after a storm, until that same storm circles back and wrecks everything in its path. It kept me on edge, and I couldn’t stop reading. The knot in my stomach that formed in the first few pages only got tighter, and I clenched my fists more times than I can count. That ending left me staring into the distance, wishing for a sliver of hope.
Be aware that All Them Dogs is pretty disturbing and triggering in many ways.
Thank you, Riverhead and NetGalley, for this gut wrenching ARC.
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August 31, 2026I thought I knew what this book was before going into it, but I was wrong! It was a delightfully paced and propulsive mix of a complex character sketch and depiction of the seedy criminal underworld set in Dublin. Tony Ward is our protagonist and has returned to Ireland after feeling to England 5 years prior after an altercation jeopardized his safety. Now he's trying to reinstate his place in the community he left behind, reckon with fractured relationships of both friends & family, and stay alive. All while he starts to develop feelings for someone he probably would never admit to having feelings. In 250 quick pages, Djamel White's debut rarely lets up. But it doesn't use action just to propel the story forward but to examine the past mistakes, poor present-day decisions, and future prospects of our main character. And while it's exciting and page-turning, it's also just as sweet as it is savage. There are moments of real, unexpected tenderness. Even despite Tony's bad behavior, you kind of feel for the guy, and the last line of this novel really frames how I think the whole story is to be viewed which is with more compassion and nuance than typical 'gangster' crime stories contain. I would love if White revisited these characters in another novel!
February 8, 2026
I’ll tell you one thing, this is not fun
Now I am going to add to this initial statement because that paired with my star rating undersells it a bit - All Them Dogs is a grim story of gang violence in Dublin, written in the tight perspective of Tony Ward, who has returned to Dublin after five years' exile following his murder of a man. Back in Dublin, Tony, blinkered to any other options, slips right back into the duplicitous, brutal world he fled.
While he does find friendship in a couple of people around him, and a clandestine sexual relationship with his boss's enforcer, Darren (Flute), his way forward is jagged and vicious. He neither sees his own capacity for nor has the insight to imagine escape or redemption. It's rough going for that reason: this is not a character with much of what you'd call an arc, so much as a young man caught stagnant in a culture of murder and ruthless self-serving.
The heavy dialect may take a minute to get into, but my real struggle with what I think is a valiant effort that pulls off some of its intentions is just the fact that the story is hopeless. My main critique, however, is not that. You will feel bad reading it (that's fine, we love to feel bad). But more than that, to its deficit, it is slow to pick up and then all comes to a head, and very little happens in terms of plot in the middle. Or when it does, there are few peaks and valleys to the action--it all moves forward in a kind of monotone that jangles to a conclusion in the last 20 or so pages. And Tony's stunted emotions are sometimes difficult to engage with. Even his violence is dissociated from him, so that the whole book is like watching with mild horror through fogged glass. Still, it kept me reading, it goes by pretty quickly, and it has a unique voice and willingness to commit to its premise.
I'd be pleased to pick up a second novel by White, because I can't tell from this book if he's going to develop into a virtuoso or be mired in this one mode. He could truly go either way and won't it be--not fun, but interesting--to see which it is?
Now I am going to add to this initial statement because that paired with my star rating undersells it a bit - All Them Dogs is a grim story of gang violence in Dublin, written in the tight perspective of Tony Ward, who has returned to Dublin after five years' exile following his murder of a man. Back in Dublin, Tony, blinkered to any other options, slips right back into the duplicitous, brutal world he fled.
While he does find friendship in a couple of people around him, and a clandestine sexual relationship with his boss's enforcer, Darren (Flute), his way forward is jagged and vicious. He neither sees his own capacity for nor has the insight to imagine escape or redemption. It's rough going for that reason: this is not a character with much of what you'd call an arc, so much as a young man caught stagnant in a culture of murder and ruthless self-serving.
The heavy dialect may take a minute to get into, but my real struggle with what I think is a valiant effort that pulls off some of its intentions is just the fact that the story is hopeless. My main critique, however, is not that. You will feel bad reading it (that's fine, we love to feel bad). But more than that, to its deficit, it is slow to pick up and then all comes to a head, and very little happens in terms of plot in the middle. Or when it does, there are few peaks and valleys to the action--it all moves forward in a kind of monotone that jangles to a conclusion in the last 20 or so pages. And Tony's stunted emotions are sometimes difficult to engage with. Even his violence is dissociated from him, so that the whole book is like watching with mild horror through fogged glass. Still, it kept me reading, it goes by pretty quickly, and it has a unique voice and willingness to commit to its premise.
I'd be pleased to pick up a second novel by White, because I can't tell from this book if he's going to develop into a virtuoso or be mired in this one mode. He could truly go either way and won't it be--not fun, but interesting--to see which it is?
August 9, 2026
3.5
There might be two ways to approach reviewing this book, with or without your Booker glasses on. I think it's best viewed sans spectacles.
White has written a very accomplished debut, a pacy read that plonks you down in West Dublin with some vivid gangsters. I enjoyed it, I wanted to keep reading it, I loved the "realness" of the language. I bristle when readers dismiss this as "not literature" and defend the Booker judges, when they say :
this writer understands that the vernacular of the street, handled with precision and care, can carry as much emotional and literary weight as any elevated register.
However, a little voice also says this feels chosen to fill the "hyper-masculine" spot that Flesh held last year. Taciturn, violent protagonist with hidden pockets of tenderness, has trouble expressing emotion appropriately. I get it, but maybe I need a little bit more now.
White is not (yet) in the league of writers like David Szalay or Kevin Barry, nor do his plotting skills make this as compelling as, say, Lisa McInerney's Glorious Heresies. The ending in particular seemed rushed and not in keeping with the books early promise.
A solid effort, an exciting "new voice", but a slightly perplexing addition to the Booker ?. Although looking over whats still to come it might end up being the one I enjoy the most ( said in jest, don't fire your arrows yet ! )
There might be two ways to approach reviewing this book, with or without your Booker glasses on. I think it's best viewed sans spectacles.
White has written a very accomplished debut, a pacy read that plonks you down in West Dublin with some vivid gangsters. I enjoyed it, I wanted to keep reading it, I loved the "realness" of the language. I bristle when readers dismiss this as "not literature" and defend the Booker judges, when they say :
this writer understands that the vernacular of the street, handled with precision and care, can carry as much emotional and literary weight as any elevated register.
However, a little voice also says this feels chosen to fill the "hyper-masculine" spot that Flesh held last year. Taciturn, violent protagonist with hidden pockets of tenderness, has trouble expressing emotion appropriately. I get it, but maybe I need a little bit more now.
White is not (yet) in the league of writers like David Szalay or Kevin Barry, nor do his plotting skills make this as compelling as, say, Lisa McInerney's Glorious Heresies. The ending in particular seemed rushed and not in keeping with the books early promise.
A solid effort, an exciting "new voice", but a slightly perplexing addition to the Booker ?. Although looking over whats still to come it might end up being the one I enjoy the most ( said in jest, don't fire your arrows yet ! )
August 14, 2026
i only read this bc it's long listed for the booker prize and i hated every second of it lol
August 5, 2026
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026
This is not really my kind of book - a thriller of sorts set amongst petty but ruthless gangsters in a poor part of Dublin, but it is well written and quite compulsive at times, not a difficult read if you can cope with all the violence and the street slang. A puzzling inclusion for a Booker longlist.
This is not really my kind of book - a thriller of sorts set amongst petty but ruthless gangsters in a poor part of Dublin, but it is well written and quite compulsive at times, not a difficult read if you can cope with all the violence and the street slang. A puzzling inclusion for a Booker longlist.
August 20, 2026
Booker Longlist #8
For the most part I really enjoyed this and even if it bore more than a little resemblance to the 2024 Booker nominee Wild Houses, we can never have too many serio-comic Irish gangland capers, amirite? I DID get somewhat lost in the final three chapters trying to figure out all the double and triple-crosses - but it wasn't a deal-breaker.
The gay angle was an added bonus, and I liked that it was handled without any preachiness nor was ham-fisted. I can see it being shortlisted, but doubt it can - or should - win.
PS: Haven't a clue about the title - is this an Irish expression I am not aware of?
For the most part I really enjoyed this and even if it bore more than a little resemblance to the 2024 Booker nominee Wild Houses, we can never have too many serio-comic Irish gangland capers, amirite? I DID get somewhat lost in the final three chapters trying to figure out all the double and triple-crosses - but it wasn't a deal-breaker.
The gay angle was an added bonus, and I liked that it was handled without any preachiness nor was ham-fisted. I can see it being shortlisted, but doubt it can - or should - win.
PS: Haven't a clue about the title - is this an Irish expression I am not aware of?
July 30, 2026
This is gritty noir about gang violence in Ireland. It's not a book that would generally appeal to me, and I only read it due to its Booker nomination. I open with that to say people who like crime thrillers with a twist will probably enjoy it more than I did.
Tony Ward returns to Ireland after five years in hiding, having killed a man in a gang-related incident. His mentor has died and his best friend has gone straight, but Tony returns to his old line of work, taking a job under a notorious gang boss. He starts working closely with a local enforcer, Flute Walsh, a former schoolmate who has grown into an imposing, violent man. Tony's past resurfaces, and his complicated feelings for Flute become impossible to ignore.
This is another book I'm puzzled to see on the Booker Longlist. It reads as a fairly straightforward crime thriller about Irish gangs, written in street dialect and featuring a gay relationship. The dialect gives it energy, but the writing didn't strike me as doing enough beyond the genre to explain the nomination. It is fast-paced and filled with gruesome violence and graphic sex. The relationship with Flute is clearly meant to be the tender heart of a violent book, but Tony is so self-destructive that it read to me as one more bad choice. It's grim and bleak, and not for me.
Tony Ward returns to Ireland after five years in hiding, having killed a man in a gang-related incident. His mentor has died and his best friend has gone straight, but Tony returns to his old line of work, taking a job under a notorious gang boss. He starts working closely with a local enforcer, Flute Walsh, a former schoolmate who has grown into an imposing, violent man. Tony's past resurfaces, and his complicated feelings for Flute become impossible to ignore.
This is another book I'm puzzled to see on the Booker Longlist. It reads as a fairly straightforward crime thriller about Irish gangs, written in street dialect and featuring a gay relationship. The dialect gives it energy, but the writing didn't strike me as doing enough beyond the genre to explain the nomination. It is fast-paced and filled with gruesome violence and graphic sex. The relationship with Flute is clearly meant to be the tender heart of a violent book, but Tony is so self-destructive that it read to me as one more bad choice. It's grim and bleak, and not for me.
July 27, 2026
Longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize
First thing you always notice going into a stranger's gaff is the smell. Damp and smoky, that sickly-sweet smell of a spoonful of gear. It paints a picture.
Once you've seen one gaff you've seen them all.
All Them Dogs is the debut novel by Djamel White.
It is part of the rather too common genre of Irish crime fiction which Gumble’s Yard - Golden Reviewer has memorably dubbed craic cocaine.
I let the Opel roll into the spot in front of the apartment building. One of Finto's fellas coming up short on his dividends, we'd been told. Made-in-Turkey Finto Maher, with the hairline to his eyebrows and the gnashers like he had the back side of a train ticket stuffed into his mouth. Rough cunt, but weren't we all?
Flute there, stony and quiet in the passenger seat as usual. I was starting to think that he was just an odd bastard with not much more to him. Didn't stop me following his lead, though. Not that I enjoyed being told what to do. I was Wardy. Tony bleeding Ward. Lethal weapon forged in 1997 with a rap sheet that'd put them all to shame. Wild card just waiting for my time in the sun. Let someone else do the thinking. The things you tell yourself.
But this lacks the dark humour of Lisa McInerney, the gorgeous language of Kevin Barry and the authenticity of (not Irish but mentioned in the book’s blurb) of Gabriel Krauze - although the latter was a little too authentic verging on self-incrimination.
What remains is a quick and enjoyable (if one is OK with the level of Tarantinoesque casual violence) read, and the novel’s narrator, veering between bravado and neediness (it is notable how much he searches for someone, anyone, he can rely on, while alienating likely candidates via his actions) is memorably sketched.
And the novel’s main plot twist is somewhat contrived, with even the narrator commenting that it doesn’t make total sense.
2.5 stars rounded down to 2 for the unoriginality. But a writer to watch.
The judges' commendation
‘All Them Dogs, the debut novel by Djamel White, is a mouthy, ballsy and bracingly unsentimental portrait of West Dublin gangland, set well off the beaten track of the city’s usual literary landmarks. It charts the lives, loyalties and dealings of a semi-organised crime world. Yet, the novel’s real achievement lies in something quieter and more easily overlooked beneath the bullets and bone-breaking dramatics: a subtle, textured humanity woven among the violent hyper-masculine protagonists.
White is an impressive stylist. He has an ear for dialogue that is both racy and real, and a gift for atmospheric description that feels at once inventive and classically grounded. This writer understands that the vernacular of the street, handled with precision and care, can carry as much emotional and literary weight as any elevated register.’
First thing you always notice going into a stranger's gaff is the smell. Damp and smoky, that sickly-sweet smell of a spoonful of gear. It paints a picture.
Once you've seen one gaff you've seen them all.
All Them Dogs is the debut novel by Djamel White.
It is part of the rather too common genre of Irish crime fiction which Gumble’s Yard - Golden Reviewer has memorably dubbed craic cocaine.
I let the Opel roll into the spot in front of the apartment building. One of Finto's fellas coming up short on his dividends, we'd been told. Made-in-Turkey Finto Maher, with the hairline to his eyebrows and the gnashers like he had the back side of a train ticket stuffed into his mouth. Rough cunt, but weren't we all?
Flute there, stony and quiet in the passenger seat as usual. I was starting to think that he was just an odd bastard with not much more to him. Didn't stop me following his lead, though. Not that I enjoyed being told what to do. I was Wardy. Tony bleeding Ward. Lethal weapon forged in 1997 with a rap sheet that'd put them all to shame. Wild card just waiting for my time in the sun. Let someone else do the thinking. The things you tell yourself.
But this lacks the dark humour of Lisa McInerney, the gorgeous language of Kevin Barry and the authenticity of (not Irish but mentioned in the book’s blurb) of Gabriel Krauze - although the latter was a little too authentic verging on self-incrimination.
What remains is a quick and enjoyable (if one is OK with the level of Tarantinoesque casual violence) read, and the novel’s narrator, veering between bravado and neediness (it is notable how much he searches for someone, anyone, he can rely on, while alienating likely candidates via his actions) is memorably sketched.
And the novel’s main plot twist is somewhat contrived, with even the narrator commenting that it doesn’t make total sense.
2.5 stars rounded down to 2 for the unoriginality. But a writer to watch.
The judges' commendation
‘All Them Dogs, the debut novel by Djamel White, is a mouthy, ballsy and bracingly unsentimental portrait of West Dublin gangland, set well off the beaten track of the city’s usual literary landmarks. It charts the lives, loyalties and dealings of a semi-organised crime world. Yet, the novel’s real achievement lies in something quieter and more easily overlooked beneath the bullets and bone-breaking dramatics: a subtle, textured humanity woven among the violent hyper-masculine protagonists.
White is an impressive stylist. He has an ear for dialogue that is both racy and real, and a gift for atmospheric description that feels at once inventive and classically grounded. This writer understands that the vernacular of the street, handled with precision and care, can carry as much emotional and literary weight as any elevated register.’
August 21, 2026
A crime story but had an emotional core, especially to do with the main character’s family.
I was really into this. There are queer elements in this book, and although it isn’t as prevalent as I was led to believe. But what was presented here was rather tender without sacrificing the toxic grittiness of the characters.
The slang and dialect really elevated the atmosphere and made this feel more lived in and authentic.
I found myself deeply invested and was torn to shreds by the end. Love the writing style.
The isolation of surrounding oneself within a toxic masculine society, how those behaviors shape your path, or sometimes don’t give you a fighting chance.
I was really into this. There are queer elements in this book, and although it isn’t as prevalent as I was led to believe. But what was presented here was rather tender without sacrificing the toxic grittiness of the characters.
The slang and dialect really elevated the atmosphere and made this feel more lived in and authentic.
I found myself deeply invested and was torn to shreds by the end. Love the writing style.
The isolation of surrounding oneself within a toxic masculine society, how those behaviors shape your path, or sometimes don’t give you a fighting chance.
August 23, 2026
2.5
I am at a loss as to why this is Booker longlisted.
Tony Ward is back on his old patch after having fled Dublin some years ago after the murder of a gangland figure. He is back to prove himself and to seek revenge on those who killed a friend.
However, in his absence, things have changed and Tony finds himself racing around hos old haunts alternately terrified then bullish about his abilities.
I am sure that Djamel White will, in years to come, write a great novel but this one did not move me at all. It felt like The Godfather for minor Irish drug gangs. I certainly didn't find anything particularly special about it. There are some touching scenes at the end but otherwise it was just young ones racing about threatening people, getting high and getting into bother along with some gay sex thrown in for good measure.
This honestly didnt feel like anything new to me. I was quite bored by mid-way. I listened to the audiobook which was very well narrated by Conor Dunne.
I am at a loss as to why this is Booker longlisted.
Tony Ward is back on his old patch after having fled Dublin some years ago after the murder of a gangland figure. He is back to prove himself and to seek revenge on those who killed a friend.
However, in his absence, things have changed and Tony finds himself racing around hos old haunts alternately terrified then bullish about his abilities.
I am sure that Djamel White will, in years to come, write a great novel but this one did not move me at all. It felt like The Godfather for minor Irish drug gangs. I certainly didn't find anything particularly special about it. There are some touching scenes at the end but otherwise it was just young ones racing about threatening people, getting high and getting into bother along with some gay sex thrown in for good measure.
This honestly didnt feel like anything new to me. I was quite bored by mid-way. I listened to the audiobook which was very well narrated by Conor Dunne.
July 29, 2026
Welp, what a ride, the audio is fantastic
November 23, 2025
ALL THEM DOGS gripped me from the opening line, a Dublin I recognise, have lived alongside, but have never been apart of made disturbingly real in this spectacular debut. Themes reminiscent of Douglas Stuart’s Young Mungo and Colin Barrett’s Wild Houses with flavour of the RTE drama KIN. Thrilling, heartbreaking, and raw.
September 8, 2026
Booker Longlist Read #9
I didn't dislike All Them Dogs, but at best it was an okay read for me. I didn't find anything particularly special about the writing, the characters or the story, and I kept wondering what had elevated it to the Booker longlist.
Perhaps part of the problem is that there are so many authors writing exceptional Irish crime fiction. Tana French and Adrian McKinty immediately come to mind, and I couldn't help thinking that I would much rather have seen French's The Keeper on the longlist.
I also wasn't entirely sure what the sex scenes added to the novel. I understand the importance of Tony and Flute's relationship, but the scenes themselves didn't seem to add much to the story, character development or pace.
Not a bad book by any means — just not one that felt particularly memorable or Booker-worthy to me.
I didn't dislike All Them Dogs, but at best it was an okay read for me. I didn't find anything particularly special about the writing, the characters or the story, and I kept wondering what had elevated it to the Booker longlist.
Perhaps part of the problem is that there are so many authors writing exceptional Irish crime fiction. Tana French and Adrian McKinty immediately come to mind, and I couldn't help thinking that I would much rather have seen French's The Keeper on the longlist.
I also wasn't entirely sure what the sex scenes added to the novel. I understand the importance of Tony and Flute's relationship, but the scenes themselves didn't seem to add much to the story, character development or pace.
Not a bad book by any means — just not one that felt particularly memorable or Booker-worthy to me.
August 1, 2026
Having grown up in West Dublin myself, in an area that has seen increased gang related violence in recent years, reading White’s debut novel felt (uncomfortably) familiar. This familiarity did give me a bit of a reading advantage as I was easily able to follow the slang/dialect that dominates the opening.
The voice employed by White for the protagonist, Tony, might be jarring for some readers at first, but it is fitting for his character. Tony is a flawed character with few redeeming features, often flying off the handle with little justification. However, I can’t help but feel that he represents many young boys and men who have found themselves embroiled in a world that promises more than it delivers - a world where risk outweighs reward and the rewards, if they come to fruition, are short lived.
The novel shows the inevitable path for some of these young men, with references made to when Tony was a “young fella” himself and the boys he comes across when he returns to Ireland. For me, this offers a critique of a system that fails working class boys and girls, men and women. With chronic underfunding in lower socioeconomic areas, the world of organised crime becomes a more appealing route, appearing to offer greater prosperity and stability - until, suddenly, it doesn’t.
The queer aspect of the novel helps to humanise Tony, emphasising the loss of a life he might have led had he made different choices as a young man.
The voice employed by White for the protagonist, Tony, might be jarring for some readers at first, but it is fitting for his character. Tony is a flawed character with few redeeming features, often flying off the handle with little justification. However, I can’t help but feel that he represents many young boys and men who have found themselves embroiled in a world that promises more than it delivers - a world where risk outweighs reward and the rewards, if they come to fruition, are short lived.
The novel shows the inevitable path for some of these young men, with references made to when Tony was a “young fella” himself and the boys he comes across when he returns to Ireland. For me, this offers a critique of a system that fails working class boys and girls, men and women. With chronic underfunding in lower socioeconomic areas, the world of organised crime becomes a more appealing route, appearing to offer greater prosperity and stability - until, suddenly, it doesn’t.
The queer aspect of the novel helps to humanise Tony, emphasising the loss of a life he might have led had he made different choices as a young man.
August 25, 2026
Astonishing. I'll come back with more. Posted a video review on IG and YouTube very emotional, right after I finished.
October 10, 2025
Y’all. ;-;
[ARC REVIEW]
Y’all. I haven’t felt this particular way after reading a book since Gabino Iglesias’s The Devil Takes You Home.
I knew All Them Dogs wasn’t going to be a happy story. I knew there most likely wasn't going to be a HEA, but I thought maybe there would be some sort of slightly okay ending. I couldn’t have been any further off.
All Them Dogs follows Tony Ward who is back in Ireland after hiding in London in the aftermath of a deadly skirmish between gangs. He’s a tough guy and runs by old rules, but when he comes back, things have changed. His friend Kenny has seemed to given up on the old ways, his half-brother is back from a failed relationship in Germany, and his mother’s health seems to be taking a turn for the worse.
Tony meets up with a man known as Flute and they begin to work together. Their relationship turns from working to something more. And there begins the fast unraveling of Tony’s life. He struggles to find his place in this new Ireland world he’s in, he finds himself in power struggles, personal struggles, and existential struggles.
I really enjoyed this book. It was heartbreaking at times to watch Tony make such terrible decisions for the sake of clinging to his old life. I wanted him to open his eyes and see what he was doing with his life and how that was affecting the people around him. I felt terrible for his mother being stuck between her two sons trying to right for them and for herself. Kenny’s character was interesting to me. I’ve always loved the “retired” gangster who’s now trying to stay on the straight and narrow type of character. He really tried to get Tony to see beyond the gang life and that they could continue to be friends outside of that life. So does Fanny, and to some extent, Flute in his own way.
Flute was also an interesting character, I felt like I could never really get a read on him. Did he actually care about Tony or was he playing the long game?
I think the only thing was that all the Irish slang kind of took me a bit to get used to. I’m not well versed in Irish slang and there were times I had to stop and puzzle out what some of the terms meant. This is a me thing, I often struggle with books written in heavily dialects unless I’m listening to an audiobook.
In the end, this was an incredibly bleak book, I wish they all had had more time.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC. I won’t be forgetting this book anytime soon.
[ARC REVIEW]
Y’all. I haven’t felt this particular way after reading a book since Gabino Iglesias’s The Devil Takes You Home.
I knew All Them Dogs wasn’t going to be a happy story. I knew there most likely wasn't going to be a HEA, but I thought maybe there would be some sort of slightly okay ending. I couldn’t have been any further off.
All Them Dogs follows Tony Ward who is back in Ireland after hiding in London in the aftermath of a deadly skirmish between gangs. He’s a tough guy and runs by old rules, but when he comes back, things have changed. His friend Kenny has seemed to given up on the old ways, his half-brother is back from a failed relationship in Germany, and his mother’s health seems to be taking a turn for the worse.
Tony meets up with a man known as Flute and they begin to work together. Their relationship turns from working to something more. And there begins the fast unraveling of Tony’s life. He struggles to find his place in this new Ireland world he’s in, he finds himself in power struggles, personal struggles, and existential struggles.
I really enjoyed this book. It was heartbreaking at times to watch Tony make such terrible decisions for the sake of clinging to his old life. I wanted him to open his eyes and see what he was doing with his life and how that was affecting the people around him. I felt terrible for his mother being stuck between her two sons trying to right for them and for herself. Kenny’s character was interesting to me. I’ve always loved the “retired” gangster who’s now trying to stay on the straight and narrow type of character. He really tried to get Tony to see beyond the gang life and that they could continue to be friends outside of that life. So does Fanny, and to some extent, Flute in his own way.
Flute was also an interesting character, I felt like I could never really get a read on him. Did he actually care about Tony or was he playing the long game?
I think the only thing was that all the Irish slang kind of took me a bit to get used to. I’m not well versed in Irish slang and there were times I had to stop and puzzle out what some of the terms meant. This is a me thing, I often struggle with books written in heavily dialects unless I’m listening to an audiobook.
In the end, this was an incredibly bleak book, I wish they all had had more time.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC. I won’t be forgetting this book anytime soon.
August 3, 2026
Another year of me not not doing the longlist! I swear…
It feels more enamoured with the aesthetics of the noir/gangster genre and underworld archetypes than with storytelling itself: clipped dialogue, a lacklustre plot and awkward prose that never quite lands.
It feels more enamoured with the aesthetics of the noir/gangster genre and underworld archetypes than with storytelling itself: clipped dialogue, a lacklustre plot and awkward prose that never quite lands.
May 25, 2026
This is White’s debut novel, and though far from being perfect it says enough about him to be a writer to watch for in the future. It is a gangster noir thriller, set in working class Dublin, with occasional humour and tenderness to temper the violence. In itself, the premise is nothing new, but a third of the way in, White incorporates a twist that gives the story its own identity.
Not on its side though, is how unlikeable the main character and narrator is, Tony Ward, with a criminal past of which snippets emerge as the story progresses.
White writes the violent episodes well, though does not manage the humour and the compassionate aspects as well.
Not on its side though, is how unlikeable the main character and narrator is, Tony Ward, with a criminal past of which snippets emerge as the story progresses.
White writes the violent episodes well, though does not manage the humour and the compassionate aspects as well.
August 25, 2026
***Longlisted for The Booker Prize 2026***
"Rough cunt, but aren't we all?"
A book that really raises a lot of questions. At what point do you stop making poor decisions? And how does the company you keep influence you and your choices? Can toxic masculinity be purely to blame or should there be some personal responsibility?
I was more than a little surprised to have changed my mind about the inclusion of this on the Booker longlist. At first - even though I was enjoying it - I took it at face value as being another tautly written modern gangster story. But as the story progressed and I got an insight into the main protagonist's thoughts and feelings, his sense of confusion and despair, I got it. I had that lightbulb moment when I understood exactly why it's been nominated.
It's a bit of a slow burn with a creepy adrenalin rush as the pages turn. The ending is probably inevitable, but a tiny piece of you might just have an iota of sympathy for such a wasted life.
"Life was coming in from all angles and I was aiming for a straight shot through to the other side. When it's all coming at you, you have to just keep throwing digs. I knew that, always had."
This is a pretty amazing début novel. I hope it ends up on the shortlist. Djamel White is definitely an Author to keep your eye on.
Book 1 of my Booker Prize 2026 longlist odyssey.
***FULL REVIEW TO COME***
"Rough cunt, but aren't we all?"
A book that really raises a lot of questions. At what point do you stop making poor decisions? And how does the company you keep influence you and your choices? Can toxic masculinity be purely to blame or should there be some personal responsibility?
I was more than a little surprised to have changed my mind about the inclusion of this on the Booker longlist. At first - even though I was enjoying it - I took it at face value as being another tautly written modern gangster story. But as the story progressed and I got an insight into the main protagonist's thoughts and feelings, his sense of confusion and despair, I got it. I had that lightbulb moment when I understood exactly why it's been nominated.
It's a bit of a slow burn with a creepy adrenalin rush as the pages turn. The ending is probably inevitable, but a tiny piece of you might just have an iota of sympathy for such a wasted life.
"Life was coming in from all angles and I was aiming for a straight shot through to the other side. When it's all coming at you, you have to just keep throwing digs. I knew that, always had."
This is a pretty amazing début novel. I hope it ends up on the shortlist. Djamel White is definitely an Author to keep your eye on.
Book 1 of my Booker Prize 2026 longlist odyssey.
***FULL REVIEW TO COME***
August 13, 2026
Completely speechless & crying on the beach
August 24, 2026
I enjoyed this book, and can absolutely see its place on the Booker longlist. For me, a much needed breath of fresh air after the stuffy and proper intensely English read that was ‘The Palm House’.
In no way a surface read, it reminded me in a lot of ways of Peter Temple’s “The Broken Shore” - crime with a literary bent and feeling of darkness, delving deep into the language of place and in its exploration into exaggerations of masculinity.
The toxic world that Tony lives in is harsh, filled with hard and ruthless men, and how he wants to present himself therefore, prevents him from having deep relationships, even with his oldest friend Kenny. In the years Tony’s been laying low across the way, Kenny’s gone straight, bringing up his daughter as a single dad. He still wants to be there for Tony, but this proves difficult. Tony is hard to like; angry, arrogant, ambitious and selfish, but also a bit pathetic, a bit non.
Overt masculinity is explored and shows it for what it is - an act and a mask to hide behind. Tony and the other main character, Flute, have a relationship that can’t be vulnerable because of the world they are part of, but I found them both to be vulnerable boys, with Flute more comfortable with who he is, but still hiding behind a mask. The Christmas gift part showed a me lot about the differences between the two men, and how the two of them grew up, how there was maybe a bit more normality for Flute within the lives of crime they both lived growing up. Still, it’s evident that both struggle to be adult men because they never really got to be boys.
Tony is immature, he doesn’t want to show anything but a hard exterior. He might be a killer and have a tough criminal past, but it was obvious that he has little life experience outside his gangland ways. He also seems to not have much confidence in himself, rather just a lot of bluster and bravado.
The female injection of Fanny was great. She wasn’t shown to be hyper feminine, but she is there, and she is respected by the boys, and adds a little touch of normality, happiness to their lives, possibly a first glimpse for Tony. “Why couldn't every day be like this, why couldn't my whole life be this way?” She also shows the ability to elevate above the circumstances born into. Having the privilege of crime money helps her journey of course. Like having girl members in a band, she somewhat tempers the “machoness” of the book.
It also gave a glimpse into some kind of normality and a different type of ambition within its presented world.
It’s a book that explores crime, power and desire, but ultimately it’s about survival and family. What we are born into and how that affects the trajectory of our lives - for good or bad.
“For a while there wasn't a sound bar the usual creaks of the house. Always settling. Never settled.”
It also continues with the theme of memory I’m seeing, in this, the sixth Booker novel I’ve read this year. This time it’s the memory of a murderous past and of a lost mentor, a father figure in the absence of one, but with a twisted nature.
Although brutal, this book has a lot of beauty. The writing is fresh, very readable, and clever in its use of language. The dialogue is well written, and the book has great pace overall. Another worthy Booker contender - it’s wonderful to see a truly different type of voice in the longlist.
(An aside: I gave quite a lot of thought reading this to men I’ve known who heavily perfumed themselves. In these men I relate this to a need to stand out, to feel confident, a want to project their masculinity with their musky woody scents, a need for validation evident, and thought the oft talk of aftershaves was clever in relation to this. Here’s an apt one:
“I gave myself a few squirts of Sauvage and then a few more for good measure.” )
In no way a surface read, it reminded me in a lot of ways of Peter Temple’s “The Broken Shore” - crime with a literary bent and feeling of darkness, delving deep into the language of place and in its exploration into exaggerations of masculinity.
The toxic world that Tony lives in is harsh, filled with hard and ruthless men, and how he wants to present himself therefore, prevents him from having deep relationships, even with his oldest friend Kenny. In the years Tony’s been laying low across the way, Kenny’s gone straight, bringing up his daughter as a single dad. He still wants to be there for Tony, but this proves difficult. Tony is hard to like; angry, arrogant, ambitious and selfish, but also a bit pathetic, a bit non.
Overt masculinity is explored and shows it for what it is - an act and a mask to hide behind. Tony and the other main character, Flute, have a relationship that can’t be vulnerable because of the world they are part of, but I found them both to be vulnerable boys, with Flute more comfortable with who he is, but still hiding behind a mask. The Christmas gift part showed a me lot about the differences between the two men, and how the two of them grew up, how there was maybe a bit more normality for Flute within the lives of crime they both lived growing up. Still, it’s evident that both struggle to be adult men because they never really got to be boys.
Tony is immature, he doesn’t want to show anything but a hard exterior. He might be a killer and have a tough criminal past, but it was obvious that he has little life experience outside his gangland ways. He also seems to not have much confidence in himself, rather just a lot of bluster and bravado.
The female injection of Fanny was great. She wasn’t shown to be hyper feminine, but she is there, and she is respected by the boys, and adds a little touch of normality, happiness to their lives, possibly a first glimpse for Tony. “Why couldn't every day be like this, why couldn't my whole life be this way?” She also shows the ability to elevate above the circumstances born into. Having the privilege of crime money helps her journey of course. Like having girl members in a band, she somewhat tempers the “machoness” of the book.
It also gave a glimpse into some kind of normality and a different type of ambition within its presented world.
It’s a book that explores crime, power and desire, but ultimately it’s about survival and family. What we are born into and how that affects the trajectory of our lives - for good or bad.
“For a while there wasn't a sound bar the usual creaks of the house. Always settling. Never settled.”
It also continues with the theme of memory I’m seeing, in this, the sixth Booker novel I’ve read this year. This time it’s the memory of a murderous past and of a lost mentor, a father figure in the absence of one, but with a twisted nature.
Although brutal, this book has a lot of beauty. The writing is fresh, very readable, and clever in its use of language. The dialogue is well written, and the book has great pace overall. Another worthy Booker contender - it’s wonderful to see a truly different type of voice in the longlist.
(An aside: I gave quite a lot of thought reading this to men I’ve known who heavily perfumed themselves. In these men I relate this to a need to stand out, to feel confident, a want to project their masculinity with their musky woody scents, a need for validation evident, and thought the oft talk of aftershaves was clever in relation to this. Here’s an apt one:
“I gave myself a few squirts of Sauvage and then a few more for good measure.” )
July 31, 2026
Audiobook version.
All Them Dogs is far more than a crime novel. White uses the world of Dublin gangsters to explore masculinity, loneliness, trauma, and the longing to belong. The protagonist, Tony Ward, is a compelling narrator. He's funny, volatile, self-deluding, unexpectedly vulnerable, and his growing relationship with a fellow gang member, Flute, gives the novel its emotional power.
White's prose is direct, lyrical, and steeped in authentic Dublin vernacular without ever sacrificing literary intentions. Hearing that vernacular performed in the audiobook adds another dimension to the novel, bringing the dialogue, humour, and emotional nuance vividly to life. Beneath the violence lies a surprisingly tender story about men trapped by the identities they've inherited and the possibility of becoming something more. This impressive debut is equal parts noir, psychological study, and love story.
3.75 stars rounded up
All Them Dogs is far more than a crime novel. White uses the world of Dublin gangsters to explore masculinity, loneliness, trauma, and the longing to belong. The protagonist, Tony Ward, is a compelling narrator. He's funny, volatile, self-deluding, unexpectedly vulnerable, and his growing relationship with a fellow gang member, Flute, gives the novel its emotional power.
White's prose is direct, lyrical, and steeped in authentic Dublin vernacular without ever sacrificing literary intentions. Hearing that vernacular performed in the audiobook adds another dimension to the novel, bringing the dialogue, humour, and emotional nuance vividly to life. Beneath the violence lies a surprisingly tender story about men trapped by the identities they've inherited and the possibility of becoming something more. This impressive debut is equal parts noir, psychological study, and love story.
3.75 stars rounded up
August 11, 2026
I got a huge sense of déjà vu reading this book.
In 2020 Who They Was by Gabriel Krause was Booker listed. That, and this Djamel White novel are stories about life in a crooked underworld, whose currency is drugs and gang killings. The two books even share grammatically similar (incorrect or defiant?) titles.
The same question arises- is this stand-out writing (and I’m at pains to avoid ascribing “literary” to this or any other novel). Raw, earthy, vernacular? How does this compare to other writing of this sort?
Booker nomination bestows a certain expectation. Not vaguely ‘literary’, but exceptional in some way?
I think this is a lot better than Who They Was, but I don’t think its especially good, even allowing for a shock value reading about a life that’s alien to me.
By chance I read the third part of Colson Whitehead’s “Harlem trilogy” recently ( Cool Machine ), and that is a story centred on villains, with killings and habitual law breaking. There is no comparison between the two books in my opinion, and while both are eligible for Booker inclusion, to my amazement Whitehead was overlooked.
On whether this book is a great example of gang (genre?) writing, the finale and endingreally disappointed me. Rushed, predictable, lacking suspense, and leaving the reader with little to contemplate once the final page has been turned.
On the violence I was never felt the psychopathic tendencies of Tony Ward were sufficiently developed emotionally. (maybe that’s not the point). Think Begbie in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting.
Both men represent the toxic core of hyper-masculinity, and of unbridled societal rage. Tony Ward is a walking confrontation, though in comparison to Begbie, the masculinity element is more nuanced.
Fanny (Francesca) is by far the best character- but I would say that wouldn’t I?, in wanting the storyline to have some sort of redemptive angle, and some aspiration to break away from family ‘business’.
The portrayals of Fanny and Lizzie; Kenny Boyle’s nine year old daughter, and possible boxing prodigy, are broadly similar. Girls- the apple of the most villainous eye.
Coincidentally I read this novel just as notorious Dublin gangland boss, Daniel Kinahan, arrived back in Ireland on August 9 2026. A couple of references in All Them Dogs are to a senior figure named Finucan. Sound similar?
In 2020 Who They Was by Gabriel Krause was Booker listed. That, and this Djamel White novel are stories about life in a crooked underworld, whose currency is drugs and gang killings. The two books even share grammatically similar (incorrect or defiant?) titles.
The same question arises- is this stand-out writing (and I’m at pains to avoid ascribing “literary” to this or any other novel). Raw, earthy, vernacular? How does this compare to other writing of this sort?
Booker nomination bestows a certain expectation. Not vaguely ‘literary’, but exceptional in some way?
I think this is a lot better than Who They Was, but I don’t think its especially good, even allowing for a shock value reading about a life that’s alien to me.
By chance I read the third part of Colson Whitehead’s “Harlem trilogy” recently ( Cool Machine ), and that is a story centred on villains, with killings and habitual law breaking. There is no comparison between the two books in my opinion, and while both are eligible for Booker inclusion, to my amazement Whitehead was overlooked.
On whether this book is a great example of gang (genre?) writing, the finale and endingreally disappointed me. Rushed, predictable, lacking suspense, and leaving the reader with little to contemplate once the final page has been turned.
On the violence I was never felt the psychopathic tendencies of Tony Ward were sufficiently developed emotionally. (maybe that’s not the point). Think Begbie in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting.
Both men represent the toxic core of hyper-masculinity, and of unbridled societal rage. Tony Ward is a walking confrontation, though in comparison to Begbie, the masculinity element is more nuanced.
Fanny (Francesca) is by far the best character- but I would say that wouldn’t I?, in wanting the storyline to have some sort of redemptive angle, and some aspiration to break away from family ‘business’.
The portrayals of Fanny and Lizzie; Kenny Boyle’s nine year old daughter, and possible boxing prodigy, are broadly similar. Girls- the apple of the most villainous eye.
Coincidentally I read this novel just as notorious Dublin gangland boss, Daniel Kinahan, arrived back in Ireland on August 9 2026. A couple of references in All Them Dogs are to a senior figure named Finucan. Sound similar?
August 14, 2026
An excellent debut novel. At the beginning you could be fooled into thinking it is just another Irish crime/drugs/disaffected young man story, but far from it. The end is as twisty as a good thriller and even if you expect the unexpected you won't guess all that happens.
May 11, 2026
A fairly entertaining one-time read, though beyond that, there isn’t much depth here. The characters felt more like tropes and archetypes than real, living, breathing people.
August 7, 2026
I initially had a hard time with this. The Irish dialect is omnipresent and I wasn't quite sure how to orient, but downloading the audio paired with the words in front of me roped me right in, as did the enough stakes White sets up for us. This is a brutal novel, and just when I thought I was all the way ruined, the last line twisted the knife one more time. Not in a way that made me tear up, but in a way that made my chest tight. There is some dark humor infused, but overall this left me staring at the wall. It won't be my favorite on the list (May We Feed the King and Switzy are my current #1 and #2), but I'm glad this made the cut, ensuring this crime novel finds a large audience.
August 2, 2026
Once this got going, I could not stop. What a debut!
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
This was a blast. It deserves two read throughs—one on paper and one with audio. I think they each would add something different to the experience that this book needs. Either way, solid, really sad, deeply creative work about some true-to-life characters I won’t forget.
Thanks riverhead for this advanced readers copy!
Thanks riverhead for this advanced readers copy!
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