Hi folks,
I'd like to introduce you to a book and a writer I'm very excited about. Matthew
Louis is the founding editor of Gutter Books and the anarchic pulp
fiction zine, Out of the Gutter. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
And is one helluva writer!
Here's my review of his novel, THE WRONG MAN:
It’s kind
of rare to come across a novel as perfectly structured as THE WRONG MAN is. It
starts out exactly as it should—a guy trying to live a righteous life and
befriend an old pal is suddenly involved by that friend in a race to stay alive
and protect himself and his family and before he knows it or can do anything
about it, he’s got his back to the wall, in the middle of a shooting war, with
the bullets whizzing closer and closer, the bodies falling, and the scent of
death everywhere. I read as a writer and believe me, an entire class could be
profitably taught using just this novel. The fictive dream is established
immediately and there’s no departure point where the reader can leave. Matthew
Louis has crafted one of the most interesting, best-paced and plotted novels
I’ve read in a long, long time, and I just hope he keeps cranking ‘em out as
fast as he can.
If you
like your novels to be as dark as the far side of the moon, move like a runaway
train with the engineer out from a heart attack, while the hapless passenger
left aboard the only one who can keep it from plunging down the mountainside,
and who begins to grow into the heroic figure he will become, this is your kind
of book. This one’s a winner in every way. Gonna be in my top five of the year
for sure. I’ll be saying to everyone I talk to: “You gotta read this.”
You gotta
read this.
Check it out.
Blue skies,
Les
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