Caught Stealing: A Novel
by Charlie Huston
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Book Reviews of Caught Stealing: A Novel
Book Review: Easy, breezy, powerful read.
Summary: 5 Stars
Charlie Huston is the new king of pulp fiction. Don't be fooled by the brevity of this book. It looks slight, but packs a mean punch. The plot is a simple "wrong man, wrong time, wrong place", which in the hands of a less skilled or even more verbose writer would just never rise above the gimmick. Huston's staccato-like prose hits like a machine gun on full auto! Once I started this book, I literally couldn't put it down and ended up dedicating an entire 12 hours on a Saturday to go cover to cover. I've read a lot of genre crime books, and forgotten most of them, but "Caught Stealing" will always be right there at the front of my mind making me laugh and squirm all at once. You must read this book!Book Review: Thrilling, violent, creepy - an all out great read
Summary: 5 Stars
If you love Greg Illes or Brian Freeman this is a must buy author.
No good deed goes unpunished or so goes the life of Hank Thompson. Being asked by his neighbor to watch his cat doesn't seem like a problem that is until Hank finds out Russ' secret and now has two Russians, two reform school runaways, a police detective and a whole cast of strange people out to kill him.
If only he hadn't been caught stealing third base in high school Hank would have had the life he had always dreamed of, now he has half of New York after him and a cat to take care of.
Thrilling, violent, creepy - an all out great read. This is book one in the Hank Thompson Series.
Book Review: NYC, 4 Million Dollars, Russian Mafia.........
Summary: 5 Stars
A great 1st novel by Charlie Huston!
"Caught Stealing" has been on my short list of books to read for quite awhile!
Finally, I took the plunge and read it straight through in one night!
Henry "Hank" Thompson is a great character, he turns from nice average guy to cold blooded killer towards the end of the book.
The book has alot of well written so called bad guys, the action is good!
I really liked the direction Charlie Huston was taking this novel towards the end of the book and I can't wait to read Part 2 "Six Bad Things" and Part 3 "A Dangerous Man" soon!
Highly recommended hard boiled action read....
Book Review: whoa! takes you on a ride!
Summary: 4 Stars
''caught stealing'' takes you on a slow boat and ends with a roller coaster. the story starts out very strong but gets bogged down by the hero taking beating after beating and unkown assailants chasing him down for some mysterious reason. the author though keeps it moving and manages to make it more and intriguing until you can't turn the pages fast enough. there is plenty of violence and cussing to keep your pulse jumping and a good ending finishes you off. this is the first book in a three book trilogy, each book being complete and independent of each other. '' six bad things" and "a dangerous man" are the remaining two. they will be my next purchase!Book Review: Interesting, Not Memorable
Summary: 3 Stars
Caught Stealing is a violent heist caper in which the main character finds himself with a very, very valuable cache. He doesn't know to whom it belongs; but when the valuables tempt him to make away with it all, he listens closely.
There's a lot of killing in this story, a lot of swearing, some drug use, no sex, and not much point. Someone gets capped--oh well. Someone's torturing me--ouch, I guess. Maybe it's just the true spirit of noir, but I didn't like it much. The pacing was O.K., but it was still pretty unbelievable and was packed with amoral characters.
If you are looking for a Tarantino book, this is it.