I first came across these books after a stint of reading Dashiel Hammet. While Gores doesn't have that author's consummate skill, this book (and the others in the series) are a fun and painless romp. Some of the best parts are the bits when the car-repo agents are just going about their daily work of getting back cars from owners who have no interest in losing their rides. The main plot (involving a fleet of (32) Cadillacs and a gypsy king) is entertaining enough but hangs together very loosely.
Gores does a good job of fleshing out characters that inhabit his novels, although there is some danger of them blending into the cookie-cutter nature of the story. In the end, the playful humor and real-life feeling of the repo scenes are what make this book worth reading. ( )