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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In Baer's third brutal, impressionistic thriller, junkie ex-cop Phineas Poe is back and reunited with Jude, his freelance assassin lover (they met cute when she stole his kidney in Kiss Me, Judas). Phineas has been searching for Jude for five years, ever since she left him after being tortured and brutally raped by three men. Now he catches up with her in San Francisco, just as she's catching up with the creeps who attacked her. Gruesome revenge is had, but the man behind the rapists, wealthy and charismatic psychopath John Ransom Miller ("a homicidal Zen Buddhist with a degree in criminal law"), persuades them to join forces with him instead of wiping him out. The project he has in mind is a sophisticated snuff film, in which the identity of the victim will be a surprise until the end. Phineas suspects that it will be him, but it might also be Miller's actress girlfriend Molly, Jude or even Miller himself. The movie is shot over the course of a prolonged, nightmarish house party, with Molly, Phineas and Jude doing Miller's bidding much longer than seems plausible. A kidnapping and several twists keep the story moving along, but the muddled, garish plot isn't the point. It's Baer's smooth noirish styling and Phineas's voice—likable against all odds—that will keep readers hooked.
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From Booklist
Short-story writer and novelist Baer goes for the gory in this follow-up to cult favorites Kiss Me, Judas (1998) and Penny Dreadful (2000). Former morphine addict and one-time cop Phineas Poe stumbles his way to San Francisco in search of ex-lover Jude, a sadistic assassin with a withering wit. Winning Jude back won't be easy; she is under the spell of John Ransom Miller, a wealthy sociopath who's helping her play out a revenge fantasy involving amputee fetishist and U.S. Senate candidate MacDonald Cody. The loathsome landscape of Poe's life turns lethal when he becomes unknowingly ensnared in the pair's sinister plan. Scalpings, snuff films, and a nose removed in a single bite are among the grisly displays in a novel that's part Hunter S. Thompson, part Edgar Allan Poe. Fans of Baer's fare might not flinch at the gratuitous violence and near alphabetical list of bodily functions, but for newcomers (or the easily queasy), this is startling stuff. Allison Block
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
In Baer's third brutal, impressionistic thriller, junkie ex-cop Phineas Poe is back and reunited with Jude, his freelance assassin lover (they met cute when she stole his kidney in Kiss Me, Judas). Phineas has been searching for Jude for five years, ever since she left him after being tortured and brutally raped by three men. Now he catches up with her in San Francisco, just as she's catching up with the creeps who attacked her. Gruesome revenge is had, but the man behind the rapists, wealthy and charismatic psychopath John Ransom Miller ("a homicidal Zen Buddhist with a degree in criminal law"), persuades them to join forces with him instead of wiping him out. The project he has in mind is a sophisticated snuff film, in which the identity of the victim will be a surprise until the end. Phineas suspects that it will be him, but it might also be Miller's actress girlfriend Molly, Jude or even Miller himself. The movie is shot over the course of a prolonged, nightmarish house party, with Molly, Phineas and Jude doing Miller's bidding much longer than seems plausible. A kidnapping and several twists keep the story moving along, but the muddled, garish plot isn't the point. It's Baer's smooth noirish styling and Phineas's voice—likable against all odds—that will keep readers hooked.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Short-story writer and novelist Baer goes for the gory in this follow-up to cult favorites Kiss Me, Judas (1998) and Penny Dreadful (2000). Former morphine addict and one-time cop Phineas Poe stumbles his way to San Francisco in search of ex-lover Jude, a sadistic assassin with a withering wit. Winning Jude back won't be easy; she is under the spell of John Ransom Miller, a wealthy sociopath who's helping her play out a revenge fantasy involving amputee fetishist and U.S. Senate candidate MacDonald Cody. The loathsome landscape of Poe's life turns lethal when he becomes unknowingly ensnared in the pair's sinister plan. Scalpings, snuff films, and a nose removed in a single bite are among the grisly displays in a novel that's part Hunter S. Thompson, part Edgar Allan Poe. Fans of Baer's fare might not flinch at the gratuitous violence and near alphabetical list of bodily functions, but for newcomers (or the easily queasy), this is startling stuff. Allison Block
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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