Bøger af Guillermo Machado

A compilation of cutthroat fiction, including the novella Go and Sin No More, novelettes Legend of RasMousen, Runaway Truck, Speculation and Junior, Machado whisks us through the roller coaster worlds of friends turned criminals, lawyers without ethics, aspiring Hollywood writers and a horrific tale of parenthood, offering breaks from the madness with tear-jerkers, truth-tellers, soul-searchers and a vagrant mouse from Wisconsin that becomes a California legend.

The place: Good Leaf Metro. The time: Prohibition. The players: Pazo "Pap" Fanti and the cosmic web of "Triple D's" (Deceit, Danger & Death) that surrounds him. The mysteries: ?In 1927, a gang of rum-runners fished a crate from Breaks Harbor. They expected it to contain premium blend. What emerged instead changed the course of their lives. How would Pap Fanti dodge the contract on his head and keep his most cherished secret safe? Welcome to the time of rackets, speakos, jazzers, leggers, dizzy dames, peepers, crooked law, double-crossers and hit squads. Hitch a ride through the mean streets of Good Leaf Metro, but take a tip: These alley connectors offer no friends, and any sense of hope arrives through supernatural phenomena that seemingly come in twos.

Where else can you find a spent sock, puny penny, kicky key, brainy bookmark and soft spoon, all vying for their own spotlight? Only in The World Famous Inanimates! Join the zaniest characters this side of animation as they embark on five colorful journeys, each filled with hope, meaning and a rhyme-chimed good time!