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'Johnson's jokes are wonderfully deadpan and copious' --Times Literary Supplement
'This is a staccato romp, as violent as Tarantino and a great deal funnier than Cormac McCarthy's psychotic ballet, No Country for Old Men'
--Irish Times
'Beyond its ferocious action, noisy gun-play and relentless wisecracking there [is] also a poetic understanding of a bleak, inhospitable world.'
--Uncut's top 10 best fiction of the year
'This is a staccato romp, as violent as Tarantino and a great deal funnier than Cormac McCarthy's psychotic ballet, No Country for Old Men'
--Irish Times
'Beyond its ferocious action, noisy gun-play and relentless wisecracking there [is] also a poetic understanding of a bleak, inhospitable world.'
--Uncut's top 10 best fiction of the year
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'sharp, and written in the snappy prose of which Elmore Leonard is the master and Johnson the number one disciple.'
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This was my first dip into Denis Johnson's fiction, and I have been left somewhat perplexed. This novel is not bad by any means, but it is somewhat slight; the plot is fairly insubstantial and nothing much happens. Jimmy Luntz is a man on the run, trying to escape a gambling debt and a heavy he shot. On the way, he bumps into a woman who is running from the law after being framed by her husband. They team up and work together to beat those who are chasing them.
The first thing to note about the novel is that it is very cinematic, seeming more like a Tarantino film, complete with the same dark atmosphere and over the top violence, and a slight hint of the West - replace the Chevys and shotguns for horses and revolvers and the story would be just as at home - and this is both a strong point and a hindrance. The detail that Johnson will use to describe a scene is at times fantastic, but there is a sense of space in some instances as the novel does not move anywhere quickly. The action is so fast-paced that it leaves the reader feeling bored when the characters are given a back story. It is more like a screenplay than a novel, albeit one with a few excellent scenes, such as the cops in the motel room talking to Jimmy.
On the whole this style is enjoyable, and there is a black humour that can at least draw a smile throughout the novel. The major criticism is the ending though: it feels as though the writer just ran out of ideas and left the book unfinished, it ends so abruptly. This is what really lets it down; in most other respects the book is fairly solid. I will be looking out for more of his books as I enjoyed this one, but I hope that they have a more concrete ending.
The first thing to note about the novel is that it is very cinematic, seeming more like a Tarantino film, complete with the same dark atmosphere and over the top violence, and a slight hint of the West - replace the Chevys and shotguns for horses and revolvers and the story would be just as at home - and this is both a strong point and a hindrance. The detail that Johnson will use to describe a scene is at times fantastic, but there is a sense of space in some instances as the novel does not move anywhere quickly. The action is so fast-paced that it leaves the reader feeling bored when the characters are given a back story. It is more like a screenplay than a novel, albeit one with a few excellent scenes, such as the cops in the motel room talking to Jimmy.
On the whole this style is enjoyable, and there is a black humour that can at least draw a smile throughout the novel. The major criticism is the ending though: it feels as though the writer just ran out of ideas and left the book unfinished, it ends so abruptly. This is what really lets it down; in most other respects the book is fairly solid. I will be looking out for more of his books as I enjoyed this one, but I hope that they have a more concrete ending.
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Much is made that this book started life serialised in Playboy magazine. It's punchy, pacy, well written, funny in places.
What stuck me most is the economy with which Johnson writes. Every single word counts.
This is one of the best books I've read this year.
What stuck me most is the economy with which Johnson writes. Every single word counts.
This is one of the best books I've read this year.
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Excellent crime novella to be read in one sitting on a spare afternoon. I loved Tree of Smoke but this is a completely different style of book, so do not expect more of the same.
Jimmy Luntz is a chain-smoking, teetotal wiseguy who got into trouble with someone he shouldn't have - a gangster named Juarez - and who gets mixed up with alcoholic non-smoker Anita, a beautiful woman framed by her husband for a $2.3m fraud.
Anita is out for revenge; Jimmy is on the run (he shot and maimed one of Juarez's henchmen). The tone is comic and grizzly. There is a superb scene with the FBI and a motel and with two of Jimmy's old criminal friends who are now lovers who own a biker bar, itself the fruit of fraud. Denis Johnson also writes gore vividly: there are shootings, stabbings, spade-ings throughout the plot. Juarez, infamous for eating the testicles of one of his previous victims, is a memorable baddie. Jimmy and Anita are a believable couple with some dark, witty banter between them. I expect that the film rights have already been bought.
Jimmy Luntz is a chain-smoking, teetotal wiseguy who got into trouble with someone he shouldn't have - a gangster named Juarez - and who gets mixed up with alcoholic non-smoker Anita, a beautiful woman framed by her husband for a $2.3m fraud.
Anita is out for revenge; Jimmy is on the run (he shot and maimed one of Juarez's henchmen). The tone is comic and grizzly. There is a superb scene with the FBI and a motel and with two of Jimmy's old criminal friends who are now lovers who own a biker bar, itself the fruit of fraud. Denis Johnson also writes gore vividly: there are shootings, stabbings, spade-ings throughout the plot. Juarez, infamous for eating the testicles of one of his previous victims, is a memorable baddie. Jimmy and Anita are a believable couple with some dark, witty banter between them. I expect that the film rights have already been bought.
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"We know who the devils are. But we love the devil. We love the devil"
You almost know that Denis Johnson is playing with the genre here, but something very good happens as you read and find yourself involved in the action, hoping that Jimmy Luntz and... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Eileen Shaw
Slight, gritty, but satisfying enough
I read this book because of Denis Johnson's short stories. They have a fantastic quality of the bar room to them, amoral and quick and shocking. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Victor Ward
A Straightforward Example of Noir Fiction
The title of this lean, mean, exemplar of modern noir comes from a lyric its protagonist overhears -- "Nobody move, nobody get hurt. Read more
Published on 5 May 2010 by A. Ross
What a Cliche
After reading the blurb for this book I was quite looking forward to reading it but it seems that that the Times Literary Supplement and I have different ideas about this... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2010 by R. E. Quinn
Enjoyable, afternoon read
It's pretty good, this. The dialogue is sharp and the characters seem familiar enough to make the book work as a slim genre crime novel, but there is a sense of originality too,... Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2009 by ghandibob
Nobody Did Move
This is a quick moving book with good characters.
However, there is a noticeable lack of plot and the book just ends without any conclusion. Read more
However, there is a noticeable lack of plot and the book just ends without any conclusion. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2009 by pablo
Gritty and great
Really enjoyed this. If you enjoyed stories like 'No Country for Old Men', or 'The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada' then you'll really love this one. Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2009 by Arheddis Varkenjaab
interesting to read not much of an ending
This book was an interesting read, witty comments, gripping story, all a little bit unconventional and thus fun. Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2009 by A. Kubicek
MAKE A GREAT MOVIE................
This is quite a short book but that does not detract from it. It is my introduction to Denis Johnson and I was quite impressed by his style of writing. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2009 by L. Hay
Short - not sweet.
This 190 page short novel reads a bit like a film script - probably a movie made by Tarantino. There's not much description here but plenty of dialogue and action. Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2009 by Claptonite
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