Just finished this one. Great book. I can see why Mario
compares Gores to Hammett. Gores's private eye Neil Fargo
feels like Sam Spade from the very beginning. It's been quite
a while since I've read Gores. The only other thing I've read
by him is CASES, which is a series of old (Manhunt?) stories
patched together into a novel.
INTERFACE is very hardboiled and dark, and Gores writing is
superb. It's about a shady private eye on the wrong side of
the law. He's working a big heroin deal with some criminal
acquaintances when his supposedly trustworthy army buddy,
Docker, takes off with the drugs and the cash. As the crooks
and the cops search for Docker, the bodies pile up.
I thought I had the ending figured, but he fooled me. It came
as a total surprise. A short and satisfying read.
miker
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