I’ve raved about Winslow on this page before--most recently in regard to his second San Diego surfing thriller, The Gentlemen’s Hour, for which I laid out actual cold cash in order to obtain an early, UK edition. It was wonderful stuff, better--believe it or not--than his gorgeous 2008 novel, The Dawn Patrol. Even if the closest you’ve ever come to a surfboard is watching a Gidget flick, there’s enough action, suspense, sex, love, humor, and wisdom in The Gentlemen’s Hour to get you down to your nearest point break at top speed.
Winslow’s other fine books include The Winter of Frankie Machine, The Power of the Dog, and The Death and Life of Bobby Z.
Savages is a darker and bloodier than much of his work, and thus harder to quote from on a family friendly blog. But here’s a taste:
O has diagnosed Chon with PTLOSD. Post-Traumatic Lack Of Stress Disorder. He says he has no nightmares, nerves, flashbacks, hallucinations or guilt. “I wasn’t stressed,” Chon insisted, “and there was no trauma.”Savages features 290 more pages of action, adventure, swearing, shooting, killing, and close shaves. It also contains some rare insights into how and why it is that people go into the drug trade. This is a book not to be missed.
“Must have been the dope,” O opined. Dope is good, Chon agreed ...
5 comments:
Hey, don't forget California Fire and Life, another great Winslow novel.
Nice to hear he just keeps getting better, I'm really looking forward to the new one.
Sounds like another really good one, Don Winslow is a favorite of mine. I'm still (impatiently) waiting for The Gentelmen's Hour to be published in the U.S. Now THIS one goes on "the list". Wow.
Oh, yeah, I have to order this right now.
I'm really looking forward to this. I became a Don Winslow fan last year--I second your praise re: THE GENTLEMEN'S HOUR (bought a copy late last year). And, the friends I've lent it to come back so happy to have read it, too. I hate that the U.S. publisher has delayed it here (it's criminal). Thanks for this.
Don was kind enough to do an interview with me about this very book a few months ago. Enjoy.
http://www.bookslut.com/mystery_strumpet/2010_02_015771.php
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