Hi folks,
Another week of ups and
downs! Spent most of yesterday attending my wife Mary’s dad’s funeral and a
dinner afterwards. Don’t want any more of these! Three weeks ago, Mary buried
her mother. She’s hung tough through all of it, but enough is enough!
Good stuff…
The recording of myself and
Scott Phillips reading at the Indy Noir@The Bar is available for listening
here. Hope you enjoy it!
From L-R:
Jed Ayres, Clayton Lindemuth, David James Keaton, moi, CJ Edwards (host), Scott Phillips, Livius Nedin (Booked Podcaster), Robb Olson (Booked Podcaster), and James Ward Kirk.
Just received a great
review of my forthcoming (January) novel, THE BITCH in Publisher’s Weekly.
The Bitch
Les Edgerton. New Pulp (www.newpulppress.com), $14.95 trade
paper (294p) ISBN 978-0-9899323-0-1
First published as an e-book in 2011, this sharp crime
thriller from Edgerton (The Rapist) offers a plot as inevitable as an
avalanche. Ex-con Jake Bishop, now gainfully employed, married with a child on
the way, and on the verge of opening his own hair salon, has the problems of
any law-abiding middle-class man, until the appearance of an old cellmate and
friend from Indiana’s Pendleton Reformatory, Walker Joy. Desperate to pay off a
looming $100,000 debt, Walker begs for Jake’s help on one last job, which he
promises is “a piece of cake.” That Jake has a choice is an illusion. Walker’s
crooked boss, Sydney Spencer, would happily destroy Jake and his family if
denied and, thanks to Walker, knows just what leverage to use. What follows is
an inexorable descent into hell, as Jake’s attempts to salvage the life he
loves take him, step by step, farther away from salvation. (Jan.)
Reviewed on: 11/18/2013
It comes out in January!
This Saturday, I’ll be conducting a workshop on the film
THELMA & LOUISE at the Writer’s Center in Indianapolis from 10-4. Hope to
see some of you there!
And, hope there’s no more sorrow for awhile! How about some laizzez les bon temps rouler?!
Blue skies,
Les
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