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Savage Brooklyn
After small-time mobster Joe D'Amato gets attacked by a werewolf, his life takes a dark turn, and he begins a transformation towards a new, twisted life. As corpses start piling up, two cops suspect there is something unnatural on the loose, and they have a suspect. When nobody listens to their theories, they go rogue and start digging for clues. Soon, forces both natural and supernatural clash, and all hell breaks loose. This book contains graphic violence and is not suitable for readers under the age of 18.
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Andy Rausch
93 books52 followersAndy Rausch is the author or editor of more than fifty books. His nonfiction (as Andrew J. Rausch) includes My Best Friend's Birthday: The Making of a Quentin Tarantino Film, The Cinematic Misadventures of Ed Wood (w/ Charles E, Pratt Jr.), and Perspectives on Stephen King.
His fiction includes Layla's Score, American Trash, and Bloody Sheets. Several of his books have been optioned for film and his work has been translated into French, Spanish, Portugese, and Chinese. He is a web editor at Diabolique magazine and the screenwriter of the film Dahmer vs. Gacy.
He has edited numerous anthologies that have featured the work of such writers as Joe R. Lansdale, Max Allan Collins, Stewart O'Nan, John A. Russo, Richard Chizmar, Peter Leonard, Wrath James White, Stephen Spignesi, Richard Christian Matheson, etc.
His fiction includes Layla's Score, American Trash, and Bloody Sheets. Several of his books have been optioned for film and his work has been translated into French, Spanish, Portugese, and Chinese. He is a web editor at Diabolique magazine and the screenwriter of the film Dahmer vs. Gacy.
He has edited numerous anthologies that have featured the work of such writers as Joe R. Lansdale, Max Allan Collins, Stewart O'Nan, John A. Russo, Richard Chizmar, Peter Leonard, Wrath James White, Stephen Spignesi, Richard Christian Matheson, etc.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
August 7, 2020
I am getting tired of these horror novels where men think a lot about their sexual needs and powers, plus where they talk bad about women. You have the hero remember a piece of his past where the father said the mother knows a lot, then he says his father said never to trust women as three things to remember? That is a small part about this novella that bothered me. The ending was too abrupt, it needed more fleshing out between the last time he takes on the new mafia boss and his men, and his escaping with his latest woman. Plus the two policemen in the story seem to have a part where again it seems cops cheat on their wives, etc... among thinking it is a werewolf doing the killings. The characters were more two dimensional then three dimensional to me. Maybe it's because whether mafia or police, it's all about cheating on women, bad mouthing them, and they all seem bad. Anyway, I read it to the end. It was not the best werewolf horror.
September 23, 2020
Mob wolf
I found this book to be a fast read,and humorous story.It's a good one day read,with a lot of blood,and guts on the wall!
I found this book to be a fast read,and humorous story.It's a good one day read,with a lot of blood,and guts on the wall!
January 26, 2023
Joe D'Amato is a small-time mobster. While walking home one night, he is savagely attacked by a bear. At least, that's what everyone thinks but who's ever seen a bear in Brooklyn, right? It doesn't take long – even for Joe – to figure out it wasn't bear but a werewolf. Now, Joe has to learn to cope with his new gift (or curse) and get ready for the next full moon.
The characters were a real joy in this book and the dialogue was funny in all its triviality. Joe and a local bartender discussing the different houses of 'entertainment', in all its STD-glory was outright hilarious. Joe isn't exactly politically correct either – neither are his colleagues – and that caused me to chuckle out loud at certain points, despite how incorrect it was.
The setup for the book is (as far as I know) pretty unique and, as said, the characters and dialogue were excellent. The only nitpick I have is the ending. Compared to the rest of the book, the ending seemed somewhat rushed which made the experience less satisfying than it could be.
But, all in all, if you're into werewolves, enjoy a good werewolf novel (and it certainly is), especially in it's unique setting, give it a go.
The characters were a real joy in this book and the dialogue was funny in all its triviality. Joe and a local bartender discussing the different houses of 'entertainment', in all its STD-glory was outright hilarious. Joe isn't exactly politically correct either – neither are his colleagues – and that caused me to chuckle out loud at certain points, despite how incorrect it was.
The setup for the book is (as far as I know) pretty unique and, as said, the characters and dialogue were excellent. The only nitpick I have is the ending. Compared to the rest of the book, the ending seemed somewhat rushed which made the experience less satisfying than it could be.
But, all in all, if you're into werewolves, enjoy a good werewolf novel (and it certainly is), especially in it's unique setting, give it a go.
March 29, 2023
this dude has chops!! 3 book by this cat and yet to be disappointed, captures the NYC 'tude in great way, mADE a well worn subject fun and well worth reading.
November 29, 2020
Somehow author Rausch takes a unbelievable scenario and makes it completely believable. A werewolf in a big city setting and with a mafia background? Twenty pages in and the reader can completely buy into it. Rausch keeps the characters real by setting them as the everyday joe's instead of kooky kingpins and gives a great two point perspective thru the dialogue of the police trying to figure out some heinous hairy crimes. This keeps the pace flowing, the plot intriguing, and the fur flying. "Savage Brooklyn" is a hard read to put and get ready for a one sit session.
November 19, 2020
Brooklyn
Could have been more detailed and would have been better if joe learned to control the wolf and took over the mob. That would have been a better story. Or he could have bitten sonny and sonny turned but that would have been kind of predictable. Good story but could have been told better. Glad joe didn’t die.
Could have been more detailed and would have been better if joe learned to control the wolf and took over the mob. That would have been a better story. Or he could have bitten sonny and sonny turned but that would have been kind of predictable. Good story but could have been told better. Glad joe didn’t die.
May 8, 2021
interesting idea, werewolf in a big city. cleaver idea written in street language that most censors block out. ending is kind of anticlimatic. story just ends.
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