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A dark coming-of-age comedy set in a world of scoundrels and misfits at the end of their tether.
Paul Wint quits his dead-end gig composing greeting cards and falls in with Hornsmith, an ailing con on his last score. Hornsmith is running a scam on Dr. Courtney, a cosmetic surgeon, and Simon Trang, a shadowy narc. He says it’s business, but it’s really more of a blackmail job.
And it’s not working out. While Hornsmith’s distracted by his intestinal cancer, Courtney’s gangsters plot to kill the deal. Soon, Paul can’t see his way for the complications in the swindle. His obsession with Marla, a singer with The Raging Socket, doesn’t help.
After a mysterious fire destroys his apartment building, Paul sets out on a road trip that is both terrifying and ridiculous, a trip through America that brings together immigrants, crooks, and seekers in the vast, unforgiving, inspiring spaces of the desert.
Paul Wint quits his dead-end gig composing greeting cards and falls in with Hornsmith, an ailing con on his last score. Hornsmith is running a scam on Dr. Courtney, a cosmetic surgeon, and Simon Trang, a shadowy narc. He says it’s business, but it’s really more of a blackmail job.
And it’s not working out. While Hornsmith’s distracted by his intestinal cancer, Courtney’s gangsters plot to kill the deal. Soon, Paul can’t see his way for the complications in the swindle. His obsession with Marla, a singer with The Raging Socket, doesn’t help.
After a mysterious fire destroys his apartment building, Paul sets out on a road trip that is both terrifying and ridiculous, a trip through America that brings together immigrants, crooks, and seekers in the vast, unforgiving, inspiring spaces of the desert.
Price: $18.99
Pages: 336
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Publication Date:
27 July 2021
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.50 in
ISBN: 9781459747050
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
FICTION / Crime, Modern & contemporary fiction, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor, Crime & mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Adventure fiction
Knife-edge suspense laced with shocking violence and ruthless treachery make Business an edge-of-seat page-turner to the very end. Highly recommended, especially for connoisseurs of the genre!
Business is an enthralling, blackly comic downward journey packed with a delicious assortment of losers and misfits that doubles as a meditation on friendship and love.
Meyboom effectively establishes the story, carving out funny characters and scenes of peril.
Business is a dislocating yet brisk journey across one fractured tangent of modern life, and much can be expected of J.P. Meyboom's future novels.
Business is an enthralling, blackly comic downward journey packed with a delicious assortment of losers and misfits that doubles as a meditation on friendship and love.
Meyboom effectively establishes the story, carving out funny characters and scenes of peril.
Business is a dislocating yet brisk journey across one fractured tangent of modern life, and much can be expected of J.P. Meyboom's future novels.
J.P. Meyboom is a collector of improbable experiences, an appreciator of excellent food, and a friend to outrageous people. He is a film and
television producer who has worked on the award-winning comedy series The Newsroom and the acclaimed Murdoch Mysteries. Meyboom has lived many lives in many countries, but he currently lives in Toronto.