Kind of makes you nostalgic for the old-fashioned Cosa Nostra with Mobsters? They're turning up everywhere these days as the neo-Mafiaīad guys, always viscous, brutal and usually wearing Cossack hats. The plot is the classic everyone-is-after-me-and-I-don't-know-why.Īmong those after Hank and the key are Samoans, Chinese, Texans, a Million dollars, money that most every bad guy in New York wants a It turns out, opens a storage locker that contains four and a half He loses his innocenceĪnd whatever good sense he may have left, cat sitting.įor along with the cat, the litter and the cat carrier comes anĮnvelope containing a key - the key to trouble - squared. He's a good boy who has lost his direction. (loves all alcohol, hates none), tending bar, and having nightmares. Watching baseball (loves the Giants, hates the Dodgers), drinking He'sĪ California boy who now finds himself slacking around Manhattan, He lost hisĬhildhood best friend in an auto accident while he was driving.
Hank, the protagonist-cum-punching bag, lost his budding baseballĬareer to a broken leg while stealing third base. Innocently agrees to take care of his neighbor's cat Bud. Guy with sore feet and only one kidney who tends bar in New York and It's all about a twenty-something, probably Hollywood-hunky Hard-boiled action between its covers to make Jerry Bruckenheimerĭrool. Territory, and into a world of hyper-ultra-mega plus-some violentĪction a novelized screenplay that packs enough brutality and Like that! 'Caught Stealing' is probably best described as a speedingīullet that zips through nasty noir space, right through Tarantino It's so annoying when they undersell a book Stealing' promises a neo-noir scorcher full of high-voltage actionĪnd non-stop brutality.
Charlie Huston Caught Stealing Reviewed by Terry D'AurayĬaught Stealing Charlie Huston Ballantine Books/Random House US Hardcover First ISBN: 7-X 240 Pages $21.95 Publication Date: May 2004 Date Reviewed: JReviewed by: Terry D'Auray © 2004Īll the hype on the dust jacket of Huston's debut novel, 'Caught
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