{"product_id":"sandman-slim-a-novel-isbn-9780061714351","title":"Sandman Slim: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“An addictively satisfying, deeply amusing, dirty-ass masterpiece.”\u003cbr\u003e—William Gibson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“I couldn’t put it down.”\u003cbr\u003e—Charlaine Harris\u003c\/strong\u003e\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\u003eSupernatural fantasy has a new antihero\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife sucks and then you die. Or, if you're James Stark, you spend eleven years in Hell as a hitman before finally escaping, only to land back in the hell-on-earth that is Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Stark's back, and ready for revenge. And absolution, and maybe even love. But when his first stop saddles him with an abusive talking head, Stark discovers that the road to absolution and revenge is much longer than you'd expect, and both Heaven and Hell have their own ideas for his future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResurrection sucks. Saving the world is worse.\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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