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The Ten-Ounce Siesta

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Norman Partridge returns with the sequel to Saguaro Riptide. Jack Baddalach, the former light-heavyweight champ of the world, comes back this time to solve a who-dunnit that involves rattlesnakes, bikini girls with machine guns and a Chihuahua named Spike. This novel also contains Satanists, tatooed donut shop owners and a whole host of very colorful characters. The story revolves around who stole Spike, once it is given to Jack to transport across the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas. To give any more away would be a spoiler. Suffice to say that this book is a fast paced, rip and tear collage of memorable scenes and some of the most flamboyant characters in fiction to date. The prose is lean and tight, with enough bite to keep the story flowing. I enjoyed this because, unlike most sequels, the main character is starting to evolve. Jack is beginning to understand why he does what he does and is okay with that. Here's hoping that Partridge returns to this crazy shoot em up world of Jack Baddalach very soon. But read the first novel, Saguaro Riptide, first so you get the full impact of the second. Highly recommended.

(...) I bought this for the cover art and what a surprise.
The Characters leap off the page and smash you right in the face. If anything should be made into a film it should be this. Tarrentino, Soderburgh, if you guys are listening or reading. George Cloony as Jack Baddalach. Please someone with some cash MAKE THIS MOVIE. Norman write another NOW!!!!!!!!

Readers who enjoy Carl Hiaasen, Ross Thomas or Elmore Leonard are bound to enjoy the work of Norman Partridge. His hero, former light-heavyweight champion and mob hanger-on, Jack Baddalach is assigned the unusual courier job of delivering an asthmatic chihuahua across the desert. He encounters a group of leathered up beauties with some very bad intentions and it just gets weirder from there. This is a good read but I would recommend reading 'Saguaro Riptide' first. Mr. Partridge is a worthy addition to the aforementioned writers.

Fun to read but very light entertainment. A good book for the beach but don't expect to remember it after you have finished.