I wanted to reccomend what I think is one of the best new
books of
the year. This book is called Saguaro Riptide, and the author
is a new comer
novelist Norman Partridge.
This book is written in an ironic style that has been
compared to
other writers like Elmore Leonard and Ross Thomas. I never
like Ros Thomas
much, but I like Elmore Leonard, and I think the writing in
this book is
better than that of Elmore Leonard.
The book is about a boxer named Jack "Baddle Ax" Baddalach,
who has
lost his last fight and is asked to become a sort of Mafia
detective for
Freddy G, the local Don. His first assign ment is to find two
million dollars
that was misshandled by a man named Komoko. Komoko was last
seen in Pipeline
Beach, Arizona, in a motel called Saguaro Riptide.
The book features a whacky cast of characters such as Kate
Benteen,
who basically has "been there, done that" for a number of
jobs ranging from
Movie star to Doctor to War Hero. Another one is a hitman
named Woodrow Saad
Muhammad, a hit man hired by a boxing promoter to kill Jack.
But Woodrow
develops multiple half way through the book. And there is a
lesbian sherrif
whose name is Wyetta Earp......... Need I say more.
The novel also has so much atmosphere that I actually
thought I was
in Arizona sometimes. And the writing is crisp and
cool.
Over all, this is a really good book and I reccomend it
highly
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