{"product_id":"sandman-slim-a-novel-isbn-9780061976261","title":"Sandman Slim: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“An addictively satisfying, deeply amusing, dirty-ass masterpiece.”\u003cbr\u003e—William Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A sharp-edged urban fantasy, drenched in blood and cynicism, tipping its hat to Sam Peckinpah, Raymond Chandler, and the anti-heroes of Hong Kong cinema….A bravura performance.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I couldn’t put it down.”\u003cbr\u003e—Charlaine Harris\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSandman Slim\u003c\/em\u003e has arrived—a wild and weird, edge-of-your-seat supernatural roller-coaster rider that propels author Richard Kadrey to the forefront of the fantasy, thriller, and a host of other literary genres. This spellbinding, utterly remarkable tale of a vengeful magician\/hitman’s return from hell is part H.P. Lovecraft, part Christopher Moore, part Jim Butcher, and totally, unabashedly dark, twisted, and hilarious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eLife sucks, then you die. Period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnless you're James Stark, a hitman in Hell for eleven years before escaping back up to Hell-on-earth L.A.—looking for revenge, absolution . . . love, maybe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Hell's not through with Stark.Heaven's not either.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Nicotine and octane in equal parts might come close to the high-energy buzz from Richard Kadrey’s \u003ci\u003eSandman Slim\u003c\/i\u003e.  Crisp world building, recognizable and fully-realized characters, and a refreshingly unique storytelling style make for an absorbing read.\u003ci\u003eSandman Slim\u003c\/i\u003e is my kind of hero.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKim Harrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The best B movie I’ve read in at least twenty years. An addictively satisfying, deeply amusing, dirty-ass masterpiece, Sandman Slim swerves hell-bent through our culture’s impacted gridlock of genres, sideswiping so many, so brilliantly, so constantly, that it’s like watching Sergio Leone and Clive Barker co-direct from a script by Jim Thompson and S. Clay Wilson: an LA noir  spaghetti western grudge-war apocalypse, fought with magic, shotguns, occult artifacts, and (at one point) the broken wooden handle of a toilet plunger. Sweet.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Gibson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The best B movie I’ve read in at least twenty years. An addictively satisfying, deeply amusing, dirty-ass masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eSandman Slim\u003c\/i\u003e swerves hell-bent through our culture’s impacted gridlock of genres…it’s like watching Sergio Leone and Clive Barker co-direct from a script by Jim Thompson and S. Clay Wilson.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Gibson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The most hard-boiled piece of supernatural fiction I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. … The characters are fascinating and even likable, and the gun-stuff and the magic-stuff and the demonology-stuff all feel like they’re from someone who knows what he’s talking about, all confident and energetic and fresh and angry. I loved this book and all its screwed-up people.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCory Doctorow, author of Little Brother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSandman Slim\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the best books I have read in a very, very long while. Richard Kadrey is a genius. I read it on the plane ride home and was totally blown away.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolly Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sarcastic, irreverent and ridiculously enjoyable riff on the Urban Fantasy genre. … a lot like a mosh pit -- rough, exuberant, unpredictable -- and a heck of a lot of fun.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Paced like greased lightning (watch out for friction burns on your turning finger), blend the movie-ish delights of tough guy noir and such smart-mouthgore-fests as “Reanimator” and “Army of Darkness”, seasoned by soupcons of Gaimanian romanticism and Koontzian sentiment.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The most hard-boiled piece of supernatural fiction I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. … all confident and energetic and fresh and angry. I loved this book and all its screwed-up people.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCory Doctorow, author of Little Brother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If Simon R. Green wrote an episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter, it would read much like  \u003ci\u003eSandman Slim\u003c\/i\u003e – violent, vivid, non-stop action of the supernatural kind. I couldn’t put it down.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlaine Harris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kadrey provides biting humor, an over-the-top antihero and a rich stew of metaphoric language in this testosterone and adrenaline charged noir thriller. . . . Darkly atmospheric settings, such as a posh gentleman’s club where angels are tortured in an attempt to bring about Armageddon, bring this violent fantasy into sharp, compelling focus.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If Simon R. 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