Anyone else read this? Very very impressive book. One of the
blurbs on the backcover "reads like The Maltese Falcon on
crack" is pretty accurate. High octane book where a nice-guy
bartender, Hank Thompson, through no fault of his own (or
maybe because he mixes a bad cosmpolitan) is first torutured
and then on the run from a gang of ruthless thugs, including
one of NY's finest, all in pursuit of the rara avis (well, 4
1/2 million bucks). Lots of twists, lots of interesting
little mannerisms (Hank is on the phone with the corrupt cop
trying to work out a deal, and then you have the awkward
moment at the end where Hank finds himself having to say
"good-bye"). The writing in this is near pitch-perfect, and
what make this even more impressive is that it's Huston's
first book.
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