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The Bastard Hand [Kindle Edition]

Heath Lowrance (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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Charlie Wesley is not right in the head. He’s escaped from a mental hospital up north and hitchhiked his way south, the voice of his dead brother urging him on. But when Charlie hits Memphis, the fine line between his delusions and reality shift in the form of the Reverend Phineas Childe—a preacher bent on booze and women; a Man of God with a dark agenda. Charlie is the perfect pawn in the Reverend’s game of retribution. And the small North Mississippi town of Cuba Landing will be the setting for the Reverend’s very personal Apocalypse. . . .

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 432 KB
  • Print Length: 276 pages
  • Publisher: New Pulp Press (21 Mar 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004YR55KA
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #228,879 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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4.0 out of 5 stars Poor tale well told 4 Feb 2013
By Antony
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
The writing is good and the prose flows along evenly without those annoying grammatical and formatting errors that are becoming so common. The characterisation of both Charlie and the Reverend are solid and we get a good feel for both although not their motives.
The reason this isn't a five star read is that there are too many inconsistencies and the whole thing doesn't hold comfortably together for me. For example:
Charlie survives a stabbing and being shot through the neck and throat almost instantly healing but suffers from toothache and cuts his hand on a bottle and they aren't healed.
He joins with Tassie in the assault and robbery without a second thought because he wants money, but when we first meet him he is a year out of Washington and still basically a bum.
His dead brother Kyle's role seemed vague.
The reverend's role of retribution and his actions in general have little logic.
The Jathed story which is the reason for the reverend's actions is ill-developed and thin.
There is no explanation for glowing hands or the fact that the reverend's touch removes Charlie's power. The explanation can be obscure, bizarre, weird but there ought to be one because it is totally unsatisfactory to pull such occurrences out of the air.
The quality of the writing saves this dodgily shaped tale (be it noir or pulp) from three stars.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Sort of okay 3 Feb 2013
By Arth
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Read till the end but felt. Bit let down. Ok if there was very little else to read, but not the best I have read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Bastard of a good book 14 Jun 2011
By Seth Lynch
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book sucks you into its world and then spits you out, covered in a reptilian slime. You wonder what happened and why you want more. It's sleazy from the start and takes you deeper and deeper into the sleaze.

The author maintains the credibility of Charlie Wesley - the narrator - as he descends into a world growing steadily darker and violent. It's a skilfully crafted, well-written piece of psycho-noir.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Modern Masterpiece of Dark Fiction
What can I say about this novel? If it had been written by Stephen King it would be probably already be lauded as a classic and he'd be sitting on a fat cheque for the film rights. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Grooydaz39
5.0 out of 5 stars Criminally good crime thriller
Charley Wesley is your typical noir protagonist: down-on-his-luck, sad, bad, and quite possibly mad, too. He's also something more, but revealing that would spoil things. Read more
Published 8 months ago by M Stanley
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant tale, expertly told
Heath Lowrance is one of the very best new writers around. Fact. His ability to tell a story and describe a setting is razor sharp and if his stories were a plate of chocolate... Read more
Published 10 months ago by McDroll
5.0 out of 5 stars Mesmerizing!
My bookmark falls on the hardwood floor. Loud as a step. Because THE BASTARD HAND's voice sings so much fear in my bones that I turn hypersensitive to the sound of my own... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Connie Haag
5.0 out of 5 stars A modern classic
Holy Moses, here's a good'un for you right here. Noir, pulp and southern Gothic combine in this outrageous tale of mental sickness, religion and the supernatural in a small time... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Daniel Bowman
5.0 out of 5 stars A superb new voice
As debut novels go, this one's pretty startling.

It's got the action, the twists, and some of the most interesting characters I've seen in a crime novel for quite a... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Christopher Black
5.0 out of 5 stars A++
The Bas+++ Hand. That's one hell of a title. The great news is that
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