Pulp Fiction discussion

I haven't read Dreaming of Babylon, so I can't help you out there.

As far as Tarantino imitators go, well . . . Duane Swierczynski's The Wheelman has that same frenetic energy. For nastiness combined with humor, I'd recommend Mean Business on North Ganson Street by S. Craig Zahler. I also recommend his westerns. He's a filmmaker, and it show in his writing.
I googled your question, and the internet recommends The Sisters Brothers which is good - the book, NOT the movie, Frank Miller's Sin City graphic novel series, and The Savage Detectives by the late Roberto Bolaño - the only one on this list I have not read.

Melki wrote: "

Melki wrote: "... For nastiness combined with humor, I'd recommend Mean Business on North Ganson Street by S. Craig Zahler. I also recommend his westerns. He's a filmmaker, and it show in his writing.

I'm about to order a few of this guy's books. Nobody mentioned that Zahler wrote & directed BONE TOMAHAWK -my favorite Western film of the 21st century.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2494362/...

Nastiness combined with humor?

This may be old news, but the Max and Angela books are both nasty and funny.

Bust

Slide

The Max

This is from Slide. I may have posted it somewhere once, then again, I am going to have to bleep it, I think:

(It's still PG-13)

Looking down at Troit’s shot-up body, Sha-Sha was thinking, Damn, man, why you gotta be so stupid and start shooting the motherf***as so fast ? If they got up close first, they could’ve ambushed the n*ggas, got the white dudes and the Colombians at the same time, and when everybody was good and dead they’ve could’ve got the rock and the money both. But cause Troit was so wild and shit, they only got the Colombians, and got his own ass killed too. His head still buzzing from all the guns and shit, Sha-Sha couldn’t believe it. The n^gga was gone, wasn’t gonna come back ever. Man, why was the world like that? Why’d bad shit always happen to good people? Sha-Sha looked up at the sky and wailed to God, “F*ck you! F*ck you, you sick-ass motherf***in’ piece of shit a**hole pr*ck-face motherf***er!” He went back to the BMW, thinking, This shit, this shit ain’t right, some messed up shit goin’ on with this deal. But he had to get them the f*ck outa there fast, cause he could already hear the cop cars coming.

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Hi all -

I am building a list of contemporary BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) crime fiction / noir writers, esp. Indigenous authors who live near / write about Albuquerque. Any thoughts?

Pretty much all the crime fiction I found featuring Native American detectives is written by white people. (See this list: https://www.mysterytribune.com/24-bes...)

I am biased, but might I suggest a new novel called The Aftermath? Just published by Bloodhound Books. (Yes, I am the author)

Justin wrote: "Hi all -

I am building a list of contemporary BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) crime fiction / noir writers, esp. Indigenous authors who live near / write about Albuquerque. Any thoughts..."

I'm Puerto Rican and I write crime novels that take place in the south, from the Carolinas to Florida, and sometimes New York City. My new novel, Dead Dogs is available now from Amazon and Barnes & Nobles. Sorry if this violates any self-promotion rules-- Manny Torres

Thanks for sharing, Manny. I'll check it out.

Manny wrote: "Justin wrote: "Hi all -

I am building a list of contemporary BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) crime fiction / noir writers, esp. Indigenous authors who live near / write about Albuquerqu..."

I loved Brett Halliday and his Mike Shayne series. I binged almost that whole series and loved them all. Just straight forward (and often silly) noir detective novels.

Anything similar to Brett Halliday sort of stuff?

There are bodies to be disposed of and all the local dumpsters are full. There are armed terrorists in the backseat ... and they're all smoking sherm. Yuppies have taken over East Atlanta, and the drug dealers are at war...

Read the misadventures of two Atlanta misfits involved with a circus of outlaws and revolutionaries, coerced into various criminal activities.


Dead Dogs is charged with scenes and conversations about drugs, homelessness, gentrification, garbage trucks, dogs, yoga studios,gravedigging, hit men, machine guns, Stalin, and Koi Ponds.

Dead Dogs https://www.amazon.com/dp/1945181893/...

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