Hark
A deep fried crime novel played to the tune of Nine Inch Nails
Frank Bill, who has the power of two first names, has managed to pen the greatest 80's genre film that never existed. The plot itself is straightforward however the large cast with intersecting storylines, In conjunction with Bill's almost nihilistic prose, elevates the novel into becoming truly noteworthy among modern southern gothic literature.
He's managed to work in enough world building that you could extrapolate a whole season of premium tv, all without bogging down the narrative or feel like he's smashing you over the head with a beer bottle. Kung fu assassins, prophets, inbred bastards and mind blowing sex, all with a bare knuckle free for all at the center of the universe. Truly what more could a sick fuck ask for?
Naturally with the Donnybrook at the center we gotta have a few exceptional fighters in the mix. Its very apparent that Bill did his homework on Muay Thai and Boxing before including them in his backwoods myth. At times though, he gets a bit wordy, getting bogged down in the technical details and halting a good rhythm.
I was wildly impressed with Donnybrook and will definitely be checking out his follow up to it, The Savage. If piss and vinegar could be beaten into a pulp and made into paper this surely would be the result.
A deep fried crime novel played to the tune of Nine Inch Nails
Frank Bill, who has the power of two first names, has managed to pen the greatest 80's genre film that never existed. The plot itself is straightforward however the large cast with intersecting storylines, In conjunction with Bill's almost nihilistic prose, elevates the novel into becoming truly noteworthy among modern southern gothic literature.
He's managed to work in enough world building that you could extrapolate a whole season of premium tv, all without bogging down the narrative or feel like he's smashing you over the head with a beer bottle. Kung fu assassins, prophets, inbred bastards and mind blowing sex, all with a bare knuckle free for all at the center of the universe. Truly what more could a sick fuck ask for?
Naturally with the Donnybrook at the center we gotta have a few exceptional fighters in the mix. Its very apparent that Bill did his homework on Muay Thai and Boxing before including them in his backwoods myth. At times though, he gets a bit wordy, getting bogged down in the technical details and halting a good rhythm.
I was wildly impressed with Donnybrook and will definitely be checking out his follow up to it, The Savage. If piss and vinegar could be beaten into a pulp and made into paper this surely would be the result.