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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780843955910
ISBN number: 0843955910
Label: Hard Case Crime
Manufacturer: Hard Case Crime
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 254
Printing Date: May 02, 2006
Publishing house: Hard Case Crime
Sale Popularity Level: 33344
Studio: Hard Case Crime
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Something needs to be made clear about Bust: You will not like a single character in the book, especially by the end. This is far from a feel-good novel. It will drag you through the dirt more than once and leave you a bloody mess by the time everything is said and done. And, because of that, it's wonderful.
The characters in Bust are all self-absorbed, and none of them are looking out for anything beyond their own interests. Every time Bruen and Starr give you some glimmer of humanity for a character, they make them do something despicable which firmly cancels out any sort of empathy you may have for them. Thus, Bust becomes a game of seeing who will get their comeuppance first...and believe me, they get it.
In terms of plotting, the book is really solid. One would think a book with two authors and four points of view would turn into a tangled mess, but Bruen and Star interweave things perfectly, elegantly merging character stories and viewpoints with each chapter, leading to a tense plot where you wonder who's going to mess up next.
The book will not make you feel good, but it is a tightly written gritty book that will keep you entertained for the short time you are reading it (it's a quick read, too...I read it over the course of a couple of afternoons)
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I found this book to be hysterical. I'm not sure how much you would understand if you weren't acquainted with Irish colloquialisms, which I am, maybe you would. I just laughed out loud every few pages at the relentlessly vulgar nature of all of these characters, conscious and unconsciously, how even the 'classy' ones were still common as muck. beautiful study of hard nut people tested to their limits in the most profane way.
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Now this is a great story!!!! Ken Bruen and Jason Starr have created a story that would make any fan of Elmore Leonard or Mickey Spillane proud to pick this masterpiece. Max Fisher is caught in the middle of a schemming assistant, a handicapped ex-con who likes to take pictures, and a psychotic Irish thug who can snap at a moment's notice. Great story telling and superb characterization. A+
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BUST is a never-before-published book in the Hard Case Crime series. Hard Case Crime books contains classic crime novels as well as new thrillers. One thing all these stories have in common (I've read six of them) is that none of the characters are good people. Bust takes that to the extreme. Max Fisher is having an affair with Angela. Max hates his wife and hires someone Angela knows to kill his wife. Angela lives with Dillon and is only after Max for his money. Bobby is a wheelchair bound criminal blackmailing Max. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. Each character commits a heinous act after heinous act, each plot turn worse than the one before, each character action is usually a crime to cover up a previous crime. None of the characters are sympathetic. All of them are clueless. And that is why I recommend this violent, gritty novel. It fits right in with the genre. If you like Hard Case Crime books, then you must read this one. If you are new to the series, I suggest checking out a classic to get familiar with what to expect. There is nothing uplifting in BUST, but that doesn't mean you still can't enjoy the awful selfishness of the evil characters.
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I have managed to down probably a dozen of the hard case books. Before 'Bust' I had enjoyed every one. What I didn't like so much about 'Bust' was the fact that it tried to pull the same moves as the 'real' authors in this series, only instead of noirish quips, all you get here is bathroom humor. This is also the very first book that was written not decades ago, but here in the 2000's that I have read in the series. So this is not an uncovered classic that time has overlooked, but a book written to feel that way.
I really tried to get into this book and give it a solid chance. I very first put it down after 75 pages and came here to write a scathing review over its gibberish. However, I was sort of shocked to see all the great reviews, so I gave it another 75 pages. Then in disgust I flipped through the last few just to see how it would end. That's what this book is, a page flipper. If you read every sentence, your mind will go numb over the repetitive nature of Bruen's style and technique.
Most definitely... read the HARD CASE CRIME books, just stay away from this lemon.
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