Book Description
His hometown's gone from American-as-apple-pie to darkest noir; his once innocent girlfriend has transformed into something both more and less than she once was; his father has become a burn on the skids - and that's the least of it. At once a parody and a tribute to childhood heroes, Brown Harvest draws on a tradition of borrowing from popular classics that stretch from Shakespeare on. Russell joyfully creates mayhem from colliding the worlds of hardboiled thrillers, "Young Adult" mysteries and classic noir fiction.
From the Author
Ever wonder what might have become of all those boy and girl detectives you loved as a kid when they grew up? Brown Harvest provides the answer, and I'm sorry to have to break it to you, but it just ain't pretty. Just about every character you can remember reading about when you were knee-high to a mystery turns up somewhere in the book. Find 'em all, win a prize! (Not really - who am I, Dave Eggars?) Brown Harvest is the strangest damn thing, but it's also a lot of fun. It's for everyone who ever read a book. Surlely that's you...
