{"product_id":"the-shotgun-rule-isbn-9780345481368","title":"The Shotgun Rule","description":"\u003cb\u003eFour friends go looking for a little trouble—and find it—in this “dark but brilliant portrait of the way many teenage boys live in America” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e), from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eCaught Stealing.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[An] unforgettable blend of humor and horrific violence.”—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe Shotgun Rule \u003c\/i\u003eis] Greek tragedy on speed.”—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlood spilled on the asphalt of this town long years gone has left a stain, and it’s spreading. Not that a thing like that matters to teenagers like George, Hector, Paul, and Andy. It’s summer 1983 in a northern California suburb, and these working-class kids have been killing time the usual ways: ducking their parents, tinkering with their bikes, and racing around town getting high and boosting their neighbors’ meds. Just another typical summer break in the burbs. Till Andy’s bike is stolen by the town’s legendary petty hoods, the Arroyo brothers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the boys break into the Arroyos’ place in search of the bike, they stumble across the brothers’ private industry: a crank lab. Being the kind of kids who rarely know better, they do what comes naturally: they take a stash of crank to sell for quick cash. But in doing so they unleash hidden rivalries and crimes, spilling dark secrets that the town—and their own families—would rather stay buried.“Anyone not acquainted with Charlie Huston’s blistering, unputdownable novels will want to tie their sneakers nice and tight before starting \u003ci\u003eThe Shotgun Rule\u003c\/i\u003e, or they are apt to be blasted clean out of them.”\u003cb\u003e—Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A dark but brilliant portrait of the way many teenage boys live in America . . . a coming-of-age novel, like \u003ci\u003eCatcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e . . . [Charlie Huston is] one of the most original crime novelists at work today.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Equal parts Stephen King’s \u003ci\u003eStand by Me \u003c\/i\u003eand Irvine Welsh’s \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting, The Shotgun Rule \u003c\/i\u003eis Huston in top form. . . . [An] unforgettable blend of humor and horrific violence.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] compelling depiction of aimless teenage boys trying to rise to manhood. In Huston’s hands, it’s Greek tragedy on speed. . . . Huston’s strengths are the brutal efficiency with which he sets a scene, and the breakneck pace he maintains throughout.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Huston is a monstrously gifted purveyor of suspense. . . . This book raised blisters on my fingers—and I still couldn’t put it down.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAustin American-Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the most memorable crime novels of this year.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An explosive ending . . . What a righteously nasty imagination Huston has. If you don’t know this perfervid writer of thrillers and comic books, this stand-alone novel is a great place to start. . . . Huston terrifically re-creates the time period.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hard-boiled fans can’t go wrong with Charlie Huston’s \u003ci\u003eThe Shotgun Rule\u003c\/i\u003e, an affecting look at what it was like to be a teenage boy in the 1980s, wrapped up in the guise of an adrenalin-packed suspense novel.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Huston adds depth and pathos to already likable characters. As a result, the brutality and intensity of the remainder of the book hit hard. This is Huston’s first stand-alone . . . and it’s a winner.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Kansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Huston has developed a reputation for his own brand of noir fiction, by turns side-splittingly funny and gruesomely violent and repugnant. Any male over the age of twenty will recognize elements of adolescence they had unconsciously buried—and will cringe or howl at the accuracy of this rendering of his childhood.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCharlie Huston is the author of the Henry Thompson Trilogy: Caught Stealing, Six Bad Things (an Edgar Award-nominee), and A Dangerous Man, as well as the Joe Pitt novels: Already Dead and No Dominion. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the actress Virginia Louise Smith. Visit him at \u003cu\u003ewww.pulpnoir.com\u003c\/u\u003e.Piece of Shit Bike\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt started with Andy’s piece of shit bike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—What the fuck were you doing not locking it up?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—I just went in for a second.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—I just went in for a second. How long do you think it takes to steal a bike, dickweed?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—It was right next to the window.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Yeah, that’ll do it; no one ever steals shit that’s next to a window. Numbnuts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge is kneeling next to a bucket of water, submerging the half inflated innertube from his bike’s front wheel. He looks once at Paul, then back in the bucket.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Don’t be such a dick, man, he lost his bike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul picks up a rock from the huge pile that occupies half the driveway. He shakes the rock around in his hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—He didn’t lose his bike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe tosses the rock, bouncing it off Andy’s back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—He let someone steal it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy feels pressure behind his eyes and fights it. Already cried once coming out of the store and finding the bike gone. Can’t cry again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe picks up a rock of his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—I didn’t let anyone steal it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe throws the rock at Paul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—It was stolen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul stays right where he is, the rock skipping across the pavement and into the street without coming near him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Yeah, big diff.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge is still shuffling the innertube between his hands, looking for the string of bubbles that will point to the slow leak that’s been plaguing him for days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Don’t throw the fucking rocks around, dad’ll have a fit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy kicks at a couple rocks, nudging them back toward the pile. His and George’s dad had them shovel the rocks from the back of his\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 ¥ 4 two weeks ago. This weekend he’ll rent a rototiller and plow up the back lawn and they’ll have to move the rocks a wheelbarrow load at a time to spread over the yard. It’s gonna suck and he’s not even going to pay them. He says they should be thanking him for plowing under the lawn that they hate mowing and weeding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA line of bubbles shoots to the surface of the water. George covers their source with a fingertip and lifts the tube from the water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Hand me that rag.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy bends to pick up a scrap of chamois that’s lying next to the toolbox. Paul takes a quick step and places his foot over it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—George, don’t let this guy help with your bike. He’s bad luck. He touches your bike and it’s gone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy yanks on the rag.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Get off, dickmo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Make me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Get. Off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy pulls harder and Paul lifts his foot and Andy falls back on his ass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—You’re such a feeb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Dick!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge holds out his hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Give me the rag.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy throws the rag at him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome big brother. Think he could take his side against Paul just once. Just today. Fucking bike. Still can’t believe he was so stupid not to lock it up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge lifts his finger from the puncture in the tube and starts drying the rubber around it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Did you see who took it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy gets off his ass, takes the puncture kit from the toolbox and pops the shiny tin lid from the cardboard cylinder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—No. If I had I would have kicked their ass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul reaches up, grabbing a lower branch of the maple tree alongside the driveway and chinning himself on it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Yeah, George, what are you thinking? If he’d seen them he would have kicked their ass. He’s such a badass ass kicker. Asses all over town are afraid of him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy flips him off and hands George the top of the puncture kit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge drops the rag, takes the lid, and uses its ridged upper surface to score the rubber around the puncture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul hauls himself up onto the branch, hooks his knees around it and dangles upside down, long curls falling over his face.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Come kick my ass, Andy, I’ll just hang here and you try to kick my ass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy stays where he is, watching George fix the leak, taking the lid back and handing him the metal tube of cement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe’s imagining picking up the hammer from the toolbox and swinging it at Paul’s face. He’s picturing finding whoever stole his bike and stabbing them in the throat with a screwdriver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul puts one arm behind his back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—C’mon, man, one handed and upside down! You gotta be able to kick my ass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge rubs the cement over the puncture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul puts his other arm behind him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—No hands. No hands. It’s never gonna get easier than this, man. C’mon and take a shot. You know you want to. Remember that time I pantsed you on the quad? Here’s your chance to get back at me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy remembers. First day of his freshman year, bad enough that he’d been skipped a year to start high school early, but there was Paul, greeting him by running up and yanking his hand me down bell bottoms to his ankles while the entire student body was crisscrossing the quad on their way to homeroom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe pictures standing in the middle of that quad with a machine gun in his hands, pulling the trigger and turning in slow circles until he is all alone and it is quiet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe shakes his head sharply, trying to jar the image loose. He fails.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe takes the cement back from George, caps it and drops it in the kit, chews the inside of his cheek.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul swings himself back and forth a few times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—What’s the matter, spaz? Looks like you’re getting twitchy over there. You gonna freak out and start throwing things again?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge picks up one of the rocks, cups it like a marble and flicks it at Paul, bouncing it off his forehead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul laughs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—You’re off the hook, Andy, your bro’s fighting your battles again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge sets the innertube aside, carefully draping it on the frame of his upside down bike. Andy hands him a large piece of patch and a small pair of scissors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge clips a small square from the patch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—I ain’t sticking up for the puss, dickhead. I’m just sick of hearing your shit. Our dad’s gonna unload on him tonight and I’m gonna have to listen it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge squares his shoulders and lowers his voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Opportunity, boys, that’s what a thief looks for. Turn your back for a second, your property will be gone. Always lock up your bike. It’s not just a toy, it’s a responsibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul rubs the spot where the rock tagged him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Whatever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge peels away the bright blue backing from the patch, careful not to touch the sticky underside, and picks up the innertube. Pressing the patch over the hole, using his thumbs to smooth away any air bubbles trapped under it, he looks at Andy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—What’re you gonna tell him?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy stares at the patch, the violence in his head finally fading as he draws blood from his cheek. Why does he have to think about that kind of shit? It’s not like he’s like Paul. Paul likes to fight. But fighting sucks. Getting punched sucks. And hurting someone else, that almost sucks worse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge kicks him in the shin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Dude, what are you gonna tell dad?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy shrugs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Dunno.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul unclamps his legs and tumbles to the ground, bracing with his arms as he lands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy flips him off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Nice move, grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul doesn’t move, just lays there with his eyes closed, his face suddenly pale and sweaty, skin drawn tight over his forehead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge is focused on the tire and doesn’t notice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy does.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—You OK?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul doesn’t move, just breathes deeply.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy steps closer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Migraine?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul opens his eyes, wipes the sweat from his face. He sits up slowly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—I’m fucking fine. You’re the one with problems. Better tell your dad you locked it up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy bends to pick up the patch backing that George discarded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—He won’t believe someone could steal it from in front of the store if it was locked up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge nods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Tell him you had the wheel locked to the frame, but not locked up to anything. Someone could have tossed it in the back of a truck. He’ll buy that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Whatever. I’m still gonna have to walk everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA car swings around the corner, a ’78 Firebird T-top, “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” blaring from the stereo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul watches it all the way to the end of the street.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Wouldn’t have to walk if we had a fucking car.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy nods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Yeah, that would be sweet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul reaches out and slaps the back of his head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy does nothing, atoning for the imaginary hammer he smashed into Paul’s face.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHector barrels up the driveway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Hey!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe skids to a stop, leaving a streak of black rubber on the pavement, his front wheel scrunching into the rock pile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Hey, Andy, what’s up with your bike? I just saw one of the Arroyos riding it around.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey all look at him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul hawks and spits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Which one?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Timo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe sticks a finger in Hector’s face.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—You fucking sure?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHector knocks the finger away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Yeah, asshole, I’m fucking sure. We may all look alike to you, but I can tell my Mexicans apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul picks up a rock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Fucking Timo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe heaves the rock, sending it far down the street in the same direction as the Firebird.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Sweet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt couldn’t be better. Sweet enough it was one of the Arroyos that stole Andy’s bike, better yet that it was Timo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat shit that happened when they played city league soccer, the year they were under twelves, Paul still thinks about that shit. Just about every day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s a City finals match and Paul’s playing fullback, Timo is a forward on the other team. In a scrum down by Paul’s goal, everyone going up for a header, Timo flails his elbow into Paul’s face, sending him to the sideline with a split lip and a bloody nose. In the second half, cotton stuffed in his nostrils, Paul catches a deflection on his instep, traps the ball beneath his foot, waits for Timo to charge him, and drills the ball right into his gut. Timo goes down on top of the ball and before the whistle can sound Paul is kicking Timo in the crotch, not even trying to look like he’s going for the ball. Redcarded, he argues that Timo was wearing a cup so no big deal, then walks from the field, screaming an endless string of fuck you’s at the refs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn his way home a gold flaked lowrider Impala rolls up next to him, Timo and his big brothers Fernando and Ramon get out. Ramon has a switchblade. Shit, they all have switchblades, but Ramon, he holds the point of his to Paul’s throat and tells him to take his cup off. Paul doesn’t think they’ll stab him, but that doesn’t keep him from getting scared. His face goes red and tears run down his cheeks. The Arroyo boys say something about what a puta he is, the only Spanish Paul knows. Once his cup is out, two of them hold him upright while Timo sets up for a penalty kick from five yards away and pounds an Official Primera League futbol into his nuts. Paul goes down and coughs up the orange slices he ate at halftime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWasn’t till that evening that George and Hector found him at the firebreak at the edge of their housing tract. Drunk on the three sixteen ouncers he’d grabbed from the fridge, head spinning from the smokes he’d bummed off a high school kid, telling George and Hector that Timo is dead. He’s gonna kill that little fucking faggot. He tells them all the way home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe doesn’t tell them that he cried. And he doesn’t tell them why he cried.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe doesn’t tell them that reaching to pull his cup out of his athletic supporter, being told to put his hand down his shorts like that, made him think of his father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—I’m gonna kill that fucking faggot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge is sitting on the ground, turning his bike’s front wheel in his lap, tucking the innertube back up inside the tire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Where’d you see him?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHector is picking up tools.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Over by their house.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Was he fucking around or headed home?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—He was headed toward Fernando’s pad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge is using a screwdriver to flip the edge of the tire back inside the wheel rim. He stops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Fernando’s?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Yeah.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge goes back to work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Shit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul is on his bike. He’s already ridden it to the corner and back twice, Andy trailing him on foot both ways, saying nothing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—So fucking what, he’s going to his brother’s; I’m still gonna kill him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHector shakes his head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Fine, man, go pedal over there and kill him. Not like Fernando won’t be home. Not like Ramon didn’t get out of Santa Rita last month. You see him since he got out?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Fuck him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Looks like all he did in there was eat and pump iron.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul limps his wrist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—And take it in the ass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHector turns away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—I’m just saying, you know, you don’t want to mess with Fernando and Ramon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge has slipped the wheel back onto his bike’s front forks. With a crescent wrench he gradually tightens the nuts on either side of the wheel, giving it a spin after each turn of the wrench to be certain that it stays true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—When’d Timo move out of his folks’?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHector has pulled out a nearly full pack of Marlboro Reds. He takes one for himself and hands the pack around.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Don’t know. My sister says he got in a fight with his mom and hit her in the stomach and his dad threw him out. Like, dragged him out the front door and threw him and a bunch of his shit on the lawn. So now he’s at Fernando’s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe others are quiet as they each take a smoke from the pack.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge takes out a Bic sheathed in the stainless steel and turquoise case he bought at the Devil’s Workshop head shop last summer. They all bum a light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHector takes the pack back and looks at Paul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—And that’s all. He’s over there with his brothers. You ride over there and fuck him up, they’re gonna kill you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul bites the filter of his cigarette and gets back on his bike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Fuck ’em. I’ll fucking kill those faggots if they let me take ’em one on one. Only way they can take me is if they gang up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Well, shit, man, that’s what they fucking do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge gives the wheel a final spin and packs the last of his tools away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Doesn’t matter what they do. We got to go over there. They got Andy’s bike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd that’s when they look around and realize that Andy’s gone.[quote]--Stephen King; Author of The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300595749093,"sku":"NP9780345481368","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780345481368.jpg?v=1767741506","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-shotgun-rule-isbn-9780345481368","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}