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The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo - Review

The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo
Jack D. Ferraiolo is the kind of mystic who speaks only in metaphor. In the foreground, his first novel, “The Big Splash,” is a parody of Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett,a young adult version of a rain-soaked noir in which a self-appointed private detective, Matt Stevens, skulks his junior [...]

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Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
The unnamed protagonist in The Gargoyle is flying high on cocaine and alcohol when he crashes his car, it catches fire and he’s trapped inside as the flames consume him. He loses toes, fingers, ears and skin. He loses that part of his anatomy that gave him his brilliant albeit seedy [...]

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