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Gutshot Straight (2010)

by Lou Berney(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061766046 (ISBN13: 9780061766046)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

William Morrow

review 1: Professional wheel man Charles "Shake" Bouchon is too nice a guy for the life he's led and not nice enough for any other. Fresh out of prison, he's supposed to deliver a package to Vegas strip-club owner Dick "the Whale" Moby and pick up a briefcase for Shake's former boss and lover, Alexandra Ilandryan, pakhan of L.A.'s Armenian mob. But when the "package" turns out to be Gina, a wholesome young housewife, Shake decides to set her free—a move as noble as it is boneheaded. Shake and Gina are on the run in Panama—looking to unload the briefcase's contents while outmaneuvering two angry crime bosses, a heartbroken ex-linebacker, and a sadistic thug plagued by erectile superfunction. And Shake's learning that Gina is less wholesome and more complicated than he initially i... moremagined. A fun novel with lots of quirks, much like Carl Hiaasen.
review 2: Lou Berney knows how to write. The sentences in Gutshot Straight are like candy, the characters all memorable--especially Gina, the stripper and compulsive liar who steals every scene she's in. The roving point of view widens the scope and heightens suspense. The plot--full of surprises, feints, twists, and double crosses--keeps the reader guessing until the very last page. There's a lot of humor in this, too, starting with the premise, which involves the oldest and most valuable foreskins in the world. And then there's the group of cornball single men looking for Panamanian wives who get mixed up in the action. Elmore Leonard fans won't be disappointed--a great summer read! less

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