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Pillow, a boxer turned criminal, becomes involved in an antique-coin heist. The heist goes wrong and Pillow sees an opportunity to make one last score. He eventually finds himself on an escapade involving murder, kidnapping, and a pair of corrupt cops.Tags
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Elements of film noir and classic crime fiction weave dreamlike throughout a convoluted narrative that simply should not work, yet Battershill fully commits to the conceit and batters it into gloriously bruised shape. Pillow is a delightful protagonist, slightly dim yet smarter than he thinks, and his interaction with Emily crackles, aided in no small part by Battershill’s magnificently heightened dialogue. Pillow, like its gangsters, is a surreal experience. It’s also a crackling good read that I’ll soon be revisiting.
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When the chattiness or weirdness of the situations in the book start to lean too far away from the plot, Battershill quickly resituates the reader with some very direct tough-talk exchanges between Pillow and one of his victims or interrogators, or a precisely coordinated and described scene of extreme violence.
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A strange mix of poetic license, brusque humor, and simmering violence that may appeal to crime and mystery fans looking for something a little more out there and give a little kick to readers with a philosophical bent.
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- People/Characters
- Pillow; Antonin Artaud; Andre Breton; Louise Aragon; Georges Bataille; Gwynn Apollinaire
- Blurbers
- Davidson, Craig
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (4.50)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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- ASINs
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