Ballad of Henry Thompson

“‘This is how you lose your life.’ With those words uttered partway through Charlie Huston’s new novel, A Dangerous Man, protagonist Henry ‘Hank’ Thompson recollects the totality of his harrowing journey, told over a three-book arc that should ultimately prove to be a crime-fiction classic. ...,” writes Anthony Rainone in new January Magazine review. “Each book in Huston’s remarkable trilogy moves with the tempo of a speeding car careening recklessly down the freeway (a cool, souped-up car, of course), with A Dangerous Man providing the awful wreckage of a conclusion. I have never felt so saddened and sickened after reading a novel; yet, like a TV reality-show addict, I can’t help but watch in transfixed fascination, as the mess of Thompson’s life is splayed open for America to see.”

Read Rainone’s full critique of A Dangerous Man here.