The Man With the BarbedWire Fists

During the Great Depression, outlaw rivals of Bonnie and Clyde battle for their lives in a bullet-riddled cornfield that holds the secret of love and death. In a suburban American ghost town, a frightened boy armed with a BB gun stands alone against a soul-stealing stranger. In the Old West, a legendary gunslinger follows a trail of severed heads as he delivers a mail-order bride to a madman. Hard-boiled thrillers. Gonzo suspense. Grisly horror. Tough yet tender character studies. Norman Partridge gives readers all this and more in his biggest and best collection of short fiction. Known for a vivid, exuberant writing style that goes straight for the throat, Partridge's resolutely eccentric fiction is powered by an obvious affinity--and affection--for the outrageous and grotesque. But don't try to put a label on him-- Partridge is a writer who fits no category but his own. Herein you'll find an original introduction by the author himself, twenty-plus stories, a...

Author: Partridge Norman
Genre: Classic literature
Number of pages: 398
Reading time: 6 h. 38 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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