Pimp - Brossura

Bruen, Ken; Starr, Jason

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1783295694 ISBN 13: 9781783295692

Casa editrice: Hardcase Crime, 2016

Riassunto

DEALING... PRODUCING...
    ALL IN A DAY’S WORK FOR A DRUGLORD.
        OR IN HOLLYWOOD.
Ruined and on the lam, former drug kingpin Max Fisher stumbles upon the 
biggest discovery of his crooked life: a designer drug called PIMP that could put him back on top. Meanwhile, a certain femme fatale from his past is pursuing a comeback dream of her own, setting herself up in Hollywood as producer of a series based on her and Max’s life story. But even in La-La Land, happy endings are hard to come by, especially with both the cops and your enemies in the drug trade coming after you...

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Recensione:

"In Bruen and Starr s scattershot fourth Max Fisher noir (after 2008 s"The Max"), a new designer drug called PIMP (an acronym for"peyote," "insulin," "mescaline," and"psychosis") is poised to give the ne er-do-well New York City businessman (i.e., drug dealer) another shot at the big time. Since the first book in the series, 2006 s"Bust," in which Max and his secretary, Angela Petrakos, plotted to kill his wife, Max has fallen on hard times, appearing after his plastic surgery like Philip Seymour Hoffman after the autopsy. Meanwhile, Angela has stumbled as well, making a living in porn. But she s caught a break, too. In a metafictional twist, a movie of"Bust"is in heated development, and she s determined to produce and star. The usual torrent of pop culture references (and relentless self-references) heap satire on filmmaking and crime writing as Bruen and Starr take a comic look back at their initial collaboration. Longtime fans may enjoy the 10th-anniversary antics, but new readers might want to start with"Bust"and work their way up." - --Publishers Weekly

"I want to kill these guys except I can t stop laughing long enough." --Lee Child

"Perfect for those who like to laugh while the blood flows." --Booklist

L'autore:

Ken Bruen was nominated for nearly every major award in the mystery field (and won the Shamus Award) for his book The Guards, the first in his series about Jack Taylor and his first book to be published in the United States.  In addition to his work as a novelist, Bruen has a Ph.D. in metaphysics and spent 25 years as a teacher in Africa, Japan, Southeast Asia, and South America.

The author of the first original novel ever published in the prestigious Vintage/Black Lizard line (Hard Feelings), Jason Starr has won raves for his work from publications ranging from The New York Times to Entertainment Weekly, which compared him to Jim Thompson and James M. Cain. In 2004, he received the Barry Award for his novel Tough Luck, and in 2005 he won the Anthony Award for Twisted City. He also writes comics for Marvel and DC, as well as original graphic novels. He lives in New York City.

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• Editore: Hardcase Crime
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1783295694
• ISBN 13: 9781783295692
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 238