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British noir in all its splendour by a writer who has taken more than just an excursion on the dark side. --The Guardian
Donkey Punch hooks you with its emotional honesty, knocks the wind out of you with its relentless prose, and holds you in its inescapable clinch with a rippling-muscled plot. It's a ringside seat at a boxing match between Jim Thompson and Charles Bukowski refereed by Chuck Palahniuk. Ray Banks is the UK Heavyweight champ of literary noir. --Allan Guthrie
Donkey Punch hooks you with its emotional honesty, knocks the wind out of you with its relentless prose, and holds you in its inescapable clinch with a rippling-muscled plot. It's a ringside seat at a boxing match between Jim Thompson and Charles Bukowski refereed by Chuck Palahniuk. Ray Banks is the UK Heavyweight champ of literary noir. --Allan Guthrie
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With parole behind him and his PI business an unpleasant memory, Cal Innes is looking forward to continuing his job as caretaker at Paulo Lads' Club. But prodigal amateur boxer, Liam, needs someone to go with him to his first major tournament in Los Angeles. Cal's babysitting job swiftly turns into something dangerous, with rumours of a rigged competition. As his codeine habit and Liam's temper spin out of control, Cal is thrown down in the desert, from safety to staring down the barrel of a gun. Suddenly the City of Angels doesn't seem quite so heavenly.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Fast making his way into my favourite author list, Ray Banks.
This writer gets better with every new instalment and well, he wasn't half bad to begin with. Innes is a fantastic main character. You find yourself behind him (almost) all the way and it is his frailties that really endear him to the reader. The story as well is impressive because of the obvious work that must've gone into researching boxing, Los Angeles and the darker side of human nature. I am going to hold half a star though because I have another of this author's books to read and I fully expect that he may even improve more. Perhaps if he can throw in the odd unexpected twist that you can't really see coming or make Innes' judgement that bit more believeable. I did say behind him almost all the way. I'm looking forward to finding out.
This writer gets better with every new instalment and well, he wasn't half bad to begin with. Innes is a fantastic main character. You find yourself behind him (almost) all the way and it is his frailties that really endear him to the reader. The story as well is impressive because of the obvious work that must've gone into researching boxing, Los Angeles and the darker side of human nature. I am going to hold half a star though because I have another of this author's books to read and I fully expect that he may even improve more. Perhaps if he can throw in the odd unexpected twist that you can't really see coming or make Innes' judgement that bit more believeable. I did say behind him almost all the way. I'm looking forward to finding out.
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The second book in Ray Banks' Cal Innes series sees our honorary Mancunian Ex-PI given the task of looking after promising junior boxer Liam on a trip to LA. After a bit of argy-bargy with local character Mo Tiernan it's on the plane with the sullen teen. Growing bored with babysitting his charge after the long flight & feeling restless he heads to a bar where he meets Nelson who gives him the lowdown on the boxing tournament & how it may not be as honest & above board as it seems. From here the story builds nicely as Cal has to deal with bribery & betrayal in a country he is struggling to get used to & in a sport he has limited knowledge of. When things go bad & we come to the last section in the book the whole thing comes into its own as the tension is ramped up & the pages fly by. Innes is a flawed but likeable character & the writing has subtleties I wasn't expecting - nicely paced with a fairly straightforward plot with some of Cals nuggets & one-liners (especially about Manchester & its weather) being worth the price of admission alone.
Reading is sometimes a funny old game which is why I can't explain why I've read Miami Blues twice but none of the rest of the Hoke Moseley series or why it took me so long to get around to reading Donkey Punch after liking the first in the series Saturdays Child over 3 years ago. Nevermind, eh, as this sort of quality stuff stands the test of time. Also glad to hear that the series will be out in ebook format soon from new epublisher Blasted Heath. Won't wait so long to catch up on the next two in the series. Recommended
Reading is sometimes a funny old game which is why I can't explain why I've read Miami Blues twice but none of the rest of the Hoke Moseley series or why it took me so long to get around to reading Donkey Punch after liking the first in the series Saturdays Child over 3 years ago. Nevermind, eh, as this sort of quality stuff stands the test of time. Also glad to hear that the series will be out in ebook format soon from new epublisher Blasted Heath. Won't wait so long to catch up on the next two in the series. Recommended
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy this book but was hooked from the very first pages. The story is about Cal, who used to be a PI but is now a caretaker of a boxing club. He gets given the job of chaperoning one of the young boxers on a trip to LA. What seemed like a cushy little job turns into one fraught with danger and his problems get worse when he loses the young boxer he is supposed to be looking after! There are rumours of rigged fights and several underhand deals going on. Cal gets mistakenly accused of accepting bribes and ends up staring down the barrel of a gun. This is a follow up from Saturday's Child, which I haven't read, but that wasn't a problem as this book works well as a stand-alone.
A thumping great read that I am sure is set to become a cult classic
A thumping great read that I am sure is set to become a cult classic
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