The Rawhead books are superb. Gothic, Jacobean, Grand Guignol
-- all good 'over-the-top' fun. I lapped them up like a
thirsty dog in a heatwave.
Al
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Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:48 AM
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Rawhead
Today I picked up a book called Rawhead by David
Bowker (there was a
second Rawhead book there, too). Its subtitle, A
Gothic Gangster Story,
almost scared me off. The jacket copy describes a
story of a writer who
pisses off a gangster whose autobiography he's
ghosting. The gangster
hires a hitman, but it turns out he's an old
school friend of the
writer's and decides to protect him instead.
Unfortunately, a psychotic
hitman may not be the best friend to have. The
excerpted reviews make
it sound like twisted fun, but I could see it
going either way.
Has anyone read this? Is it any good?
Mark
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