Douglas Winter updates and deconstructs - nearly vivisects - the chiaroscuro of the classic noir style.The protagonist is gunrunner along Interstate 95.When a big shipment to a NYC gang goes haywire, anadrenaline surge propels the book - through the unraveling of scheme afterscheme - to the necropolis of its cataclysmic conclusion.For goodmeasure, a baroque quantity of minutia concerning firearms is pepperedthroughout.Suspenseful, stark, and startling, 'Run' includes the keyhallmarks of the noir genre: taut, rapid-fire prose and an overarchingexistential nihilism.Like Highsmith's 'The Talented Mr. Ripley,' Goodis's'Down There,' and Thompson's 'The Grifters,' Winter's neo-noir deserves tobe put on screen, but get a copy of the book first - copies aredisappearing faster than a pack of smokes at an AA meeting.Click Here to see more reviews about: Run (Paperback)
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