It is hard to write a review about a book with as many layers as Joe Scapellato’s The Made-Up Man, Scapellato’s 2019 debut novel. Part noir, part bildungsroman, part psychological thriller, The Made-Up Man is something that is truly unique and stands on its own. The novel follows Stanley, a man in his late twenties […]
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Interview with Josh Haven
TSM: Most of your novels have been inspired, to some degree or other, by real historical happenings. What do you find most intriguing or otherwise inspiring about the historical events and periods that you’ve drawn on in your works? JH: Well for the newest book, The Siberia Job, the real story on which it’s based […]
Things Get Ugly: The Best Crime Stories of Joe R. Lansdale A Review by A.J. Devlin
THINGS GET UGLY The Best Crime Stories of Joe R. Lansdale A Review by A.J. Devlin “You’re remembered for the rules you break.” That’s the infamous Douglas MacArthur quote used by Ben Affleck’s Nike co-founder Phil Knight in the excellent, recently released film AIR, about how the sneaker giant landed an endorsement deal with basketball […]