Jack Price is doing
pretty well. He has a cocaine empire with his own brand of cocaine.
He’s also got principles. He doesn’t lead kids into addiction.
However, senators and day traders are fair game. He gets up one
morning feeling happy, starts down in the elevator, and realizes that
the floor below is littered with cops.
Didi the old lady
living in the apartment below him has been murdered, assassin-style.
He didn’t particularly like Didi. She was a nasty old woman, but he
equally doesn’t like having people murdered on the floor below him.
He asks a lot of questions, gets beaten badly, and decides to act. He
tries to recruit his friend Karenina for protection, but she’s
already accepted a job with the Seven Demons, a murderous gang, and
their next target is Jack. Now Jack is out for revenge, and the body
count gets pretty high.
This book is told
from Jack’s point of view, and it’s unique. Jack has a fast paced
commentary laced with profanity that doesn’t take into account
quotation marks, run-on sentences, or other grammatical niceties.
It’s fun to read, if you enjoy Jack’s peculiar view of the world.
If profanity, lack of grammatical props, and violence upset you, this
is not your book. However, it you’d like an amusing read that is
often quite hilarious, give it a try.
I received this book
from Knopf for this review.
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