Read "Whiplash River A Novel" by Lou Berney available from Rakuten Kobo. “Like Carl Hiaasen, Berney delights in the cartoonish. Like Elmore Leonard, he can drive a plot. What sets him apart is 4/5. · It’s so nice to have Lou Berney back for a second round. His first novel, GUTSHOT STRAIGHT, promised and delivered great things while setting an extremely high bar for future efforts. In WHIPLASH RIVER, he meets the standard set by his debut and raises it without succumbing to the temptation of formulistic plotting. Lou Berney is the author of November Road, The Long and Faraway Gone (winner of the Edgar, Anthony, Barry, Macavity, and ALA awards), Whiplash River, and Gutshot Straight. He's also written a collection of stories, The Road to Bobby Joe, and his short fiction has appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and the Pushcart Prize anthology.
Whiplash River, author Lou Berney's follow-up to the excellent Gutshot Straight, easily cements him as a master of the comedy-thriller. So skillfully are the comedic aspects handled, in fact, that some of the most ominous moments in Whiplash River actually come wrapped outwardly in the cloak of comedy. Lou Berney is the author of November Road, The Long and Faraway Gone (winner of the Edgar, Anthony, Barry, Macavity, and ALA awards), Whiplash River, and Gutshot www.doorway.ru's also written a collection of stories, The Road to Bobby Joe, and his short fiction has appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and the Pushcart Prize anthology. Lou Berney is the author of NOVEMBER ROAD (a Washington Post Best Book of ), THE LONG AND FARAWAY GONE (winner of the Edgar, Anthony, Barry, Macavity, and ALA awards), WHIPLASH RIVER, and GUTSHOT STRAIGHT, all from William Morrow.
It’s so nice to have Lou Berney back for a second round. His first novel, GUTSHOT STRAIGHT, promised and delivered great things while setting an extremely high bar for future efforts. In WHIPLASH RIVER, he meets the standard set by his debut and raises it without succumbing to the temptation of formulistic plotting. "Fast, furious, with characters that spike higher than the scatterbrain action, Berney has a hit on his hands with Whiplash River. Ferociously funny, endearingly romantic, annoyingly buzzed, slapstick and chaotic."--The Review Broads blog. Lou Berney is the Edgar Award-winning author of November Road, The Long and Faraway Gone, Whiplash River, and Gutshot Straight, all from William Morrow/HarperCollins. PURCHASE AT Amazon Barnes Noble Indie Bound.
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