Low Town: The Straight Razor Cure
Low Town 1
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
10 July 2012
Summary
Here, the criminal is king. The streets are filled with the screeching of fish hags, the cries of swindled merchants, the inviting murmurs of working girls. Here, people can disappear, and the lacklustre efforts of the guard ensure they are never found.
Warden is an ex-soldier who has seen the worst men have to offer; now a narcotics dealer with a rich, bloody past and a way of inviting danger. You’d struggle to find someone with a soul as dark and troubled as his.
But then a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444721317 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444721313 |
| Author: | Daniel Polansky |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 10 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 311g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Low Town |
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Critics Review
Saturated with world-weary snark, this is a thoroughly entertaining page-turner which wears its world building lightly. 4 stars - SFX Magazine
Polansky’s writing is confident and punchy from the offset. The action rips along at a brilliant pace allowing us to experience this gritty world through the eyes of a thrilling, dangerous, flawed, yet strangely endearing protagonist. This is modern, dark fantasy at its best and a debut to be envied. - British Fantasy SocietyQuite brilliant… The Straight Razor Cure is as good a debut as I’ve read in along time. [It] has it all - and as the name suggests, it is sharp, steely and viciously bloody. Highly recommended - John Berlyne, SF RevuPolansky hits all the right notes in his intelligent first novel, a blend of dystopian fantasy and hard-boiled crime… Sharp, noir-tinged dialogue and astute insights into class struggle mark Polansky as a writer with a future - Publishers WeeklyA strong debut novel with a hero who doesn’t waste time worrying about the moral implications of cutting someone’s throat - Kirkus ReviewsPolansky transplants his love of crime noir into a magic-steeped, secondary-world fantasy setting. It’s an inherently troublesome mash-up that could only work in the hands of a silly satirist or a deft, sensitive dramatist with the blackest sense of humor. Polansky is wholeheartedly the latter - and Low Town is brilliant proof … Wielding vivid characters and scalpel-sharp banter worthy of fellow dark fantasists Scott Lynch and Joe Abercrombie, Polansky ratchets up the pace … Polansky has managed to craft an assured, roaring, and rollicking hybrid, a cross-genre free-for-all that relishes its tropes while spitting out their bones. And he does it all while spinning one hell of a gripping mystery - avclub.comI can’t remember when I last enjoyed a fantasy book this much - Books MonthlyDaniel Polansky has crafted a thrilling novel steeped in noir sensibilities and relentless action, and set in an original world of stunning imagination, leading to a gut-wrenching, unforeseeable conclusion. Low Town is an attention-grabbing debut that will leave readers riveted … and hungry for more - missiontoread.comAbout The Author
Daniel Polansky
Daniel Polansky was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He can be found in Brooklyn, when he isn’t somewhere else. His debut novel, THE STRAIGHT RAZOR CURE, received great acclaim. TOMORROW, THE KILLING is the second novel in his ‘Low Town’ series.
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