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Slide by Ken Bruen
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Slide (original 2007; edition 2007)

by Ken Bruen

Series: Max and Angela (2)

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WARNING! THIS MAY BE THE MOST SHOCKING BOOK YOU EVER READ!

Max Fisher used to run a computer company; Angela Petrakos was his assistant and mistress. But that was last year. Now Max is reinventing himself as a hip-hop crack dealer and Angela's back in Ireland, hooking up with a would-be record-setter...in the field of serial killing. Will their paths cross again? What do you think?

From the evil geniuses who brought you Bust comes a roller-coaster ride of suspense, mayhem and vicious fun that'll make you reluctant ever to open your mail again.

Don't say we didn't warn you.

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Title:Slide
Authors:Ken Bruen
Info:Hard Crime Case (2007), Mass Market Paperback, 256 pages
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This series is hilarious. This one isn’t as good as the first,(Bust). But the characters are a glorious clusterfuck of bad choices and delusional viewpoints. ( )
  Brian-B | Nov 30, 2022 |
An OK read, the plot strands seemed more disconnected than in Bust. Didn't really seem to have the same kind of pivotal point in the story, I didn't really care about any character and on the whole didn't really find it all that entertaining.

Bit of a shame really. ( )
  urbaer | Mar 5, 2022 |
Angela and Max from Bust, further adventures with Irish serial killer added to mix
  ritaer | Aug 11, 2021 |
Entertaining noirish/pulpish read ( )
  phollis68 | Apr 9, 2019 |
Written with incredible comedic angst, this story is a lunatic ride through the streets of Brooklyn. It helps to have read the first book so you really have a feel for how these two sorry humans began, but you could also read this book by itself.

A year has gone by since internet tycoon Max asked his busty secretary Angela to find him a hit man to off his wife. Of course, Max never planned on hiring a psychopathic hit man and didn't realize that Angela was also banging this hitman.
Now, not only has the world caved in on Max, but he wakes hungover in a wifebeater Tshirt in some Nowheresville Alabama town. From there Max becomes the número uno crack dealer in Manhattan with his own sushi chef. This book is obviously in many ways a hysterical
parody and it almost makes you laugh out loud.

Meanwhile, Angela has been living in Ireland and showing off her assets, trying to land her meal ticket. Of course, she ends up playing house with a serial killer and probably the meanest serial killer you
ever heard of.

Great fun in this book as these two Crawl through crazy adventures and, yes, they do meet again in New York and there are definitely some fireworks when they meet.
( )
  DaveWilde | Sep 22, 2017 |
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Max Fisher opened his eyes, looked at the blurry mess around him, thought, Where the fuck am I?
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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:

WARNING! THIS MAY BE THE MOST SHOCKING BOOK YOU EVER READ!

Max Fisher used to run a computer company; Angela Petrakos was his assistant and mistress. But that was last year. Now Max is reinventing himself as a hip-hop crack dealer and Angela's back in Ireland, hooking up with a would-be record-setter...in the field of serial killing. Will their paths cross again? What do you think?

From the evil geniuses who brought you Bust comes a roller-coaster ride of suspense, mayhem and vicious fun that'll make you reluctant ever to open your mail again.

Don't say we didn't warn you.

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