Dog Eat Dog : A Novel

Media:	Paperback
Author:	Edward Bunker, William Styron
Publisher:	St. Martin's Griffin
Release date:	15 August, 1997
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Dog Eat Dog : A Novel

Average rating: Stars

Fantastic!

This is a gritty novel. This book is almost without parallel and unlike any other crime fiction that I have had the pleasure to read. Don't think about it, buy it and read it. This is the best author writing hard-core fiction alive. This is Chandler's protégée if you had to name one; only he is taking the side of the criminal here. This novel is hard, its like getting into a bar fight and being smacked around a few times.
I am not too much up on giving away the plots in my reviews, especially if I enjoyed the book. Let me just say that this novel is hard to start. I think that is because it is so unusual. It kind of reminded me of Motherless Brooklyn in that way. The characters do not allow for very much in the way of empathy with the reader. But the writing does suck you in after a few pages and then you are hooked on a hard ride.

Quentin Tarantino has said that Block is one of his many inspirations, and that is why I pick this novel up a few years ago. In fact I think Block was Mr. White or some color in his 'Reservoir Dog's' flick. So if you saw that film that is a good indicator as to what you will be confronted with here. Only instead of the restrictive nature surrounding a film (2 hours) Block takes his time and develops a character study any hard boiled writer should envy.

Dog Eat Dog : A Novel - Edward Bunker, William Styron

nitty gritty

Like Edward Bunker I am a writer and an ex-convict and I am here to tell you that no one writes about drug addicts, criminals, and outlaws better than Eddie Bunker. Why hasn't Hollywood snapped up the film rights to this novel?

Edward Bunker, William Styron - Dog Eat Dog : A Novel

Thrilling

With Dog Eat Dog Edward Bunker shows us his talent for writing down-and-dirty, there are no keeping the punches in this shocking novel about three friends and ex-cons that come up with a plot to rip off other criminals. The book does side slightly with the criminals, but it does not glorify them as misunderstood good guys, it shows them as mean and evil at times, but also let us see that they are human, and that not all the bad that is inside them is of their own doing. Bunker might not master the language as well as seaseoned crime-fiction writers, but this adds to the authenticity of the book too, making it seem more "there", while it leads us towards the ending. The book is a character study too, and we see some truly terrible characters here, even a few without any "good" sides. It is a brutal and shocking book, and not for every one.

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