LOW DOWN DEATH RIGHT EASY, the new novel from Wonderland Award Winning author J. David Osborne, is now available!"It's about meth, fishing, trash American culture and young adult
despair. Imagine a Raymond Carver or Jim Thompson for the text message
age and that would only begin to get it."--
KRIS SAKNUSSEMM, author of
Reverend AmericaTrapped
in a rural Oklahoma town fueled by meth and doused in codeine, Arlo
Clancy has made it his life's goal to keep his troubled younger brother,
Sepp, out of prison. Poverty and the lure of easy drug money were
pressure enough, before a gruesome discovery beneath the waters of their
favorite fishing hole sent their lives into a tailspin.
Torn by
cowardice and conscience, the brothers make a fateful decision which
will bring them ever-closer to Danny Ames--a vicious enforcer for the
local meth trade--and a nightmare world where their only chance of
escape might be...
LOW DOWN DEATH RIGHT EASY
"Sometimes mysterious, sometimes vicious, and always engaging
, LOW
DOWN DEATH RIGHT EASY is a unique take on the crime novel that will
satisfy readers who like their fiction as murky as a river after heavy
rains. Here's a good way to describe J. David Osborne: Daniel Woodrell,
James Ellroy, and Cormac McCarthy all wrapped into one, stripped to the
bones, and given a new voice."--
OUT OF THE GUTTER"A gritty tapestry of subversive drama the likes of which I'd compare to Harmony Korine's
Gummo packed in with the terse lines of Bukowski."--
MICHAEL J. SEIDLINGER, author of
My Pet Serial Killer and
The Sky Conducting"If you're looking for something more than just
blood and guns and meth, you need to get this book immediately. Osborne has an
innate talent more dangerous than a trunk
full of C4. To give some sort of visual, take one of James Sallis' Spartan
scenes, lock in it a single-wide with a bag of crystal and a light bulb then
rip out the air conditioner and check back in a week. LOW DOWN DEATH RIGHT EASY
creates sensations that haunt you long after you've started your next book."--SPINETINGLER"LOW
DOWN DEATH RIGHT EASY is working class fiction at its best. It reeks of
desperation, busted dreams, and hard times. But mostly, it reeks of
literary talent. Whatever J. David Osborne writes, I'm reading. And
you'd better too."--
BENJAMIN WHITMER,
author of Pike and co-author of Satan is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers "J.
David Osborne holds a literary style distinctive enough to raise his
work above the waterline of contemporary fiction. LOW DOWN DEATH RIGHT
EASY challenges and hurts and mystifies its readers. The weave of
characters is stunning. Intricate storylines cross and worm through each
other to form a dense and powerful mystery."--
MANARCHY MAGAZINE "In
LOW
DOWN DEATH RIGHT EASY, Osborne reaches out into the scabrous
hinterlands of landlocked nowhere to unveil an intertwined collection of
reluctant dreamers and three time losers, all trying to get by while
navigating rusted out acres of convenience store ice heads, run down
bars, and greasy doublewides. Strange, brutal, yet disturbingly
familiar, this is the sort of story you can taste on the back of your
tongue, and makes you appreciate every last clean and hopeful thing you
have in your life."--
DARK INTENT "A highly talented new author. Osborne is one to watch."--BLOODY-DISGUSTING.COM
Get it now at
Amazon,
Amazon.co.uk,
Amazon.ca.
For Kindle.
Great reviews at
OUT OF THE GUTTER,
MANARCHY,
SPINETINGLER, and
BOOKED.
An excerpt at
MANARCHY.
Also, if any Portland readers are interested, Powell's should have copies of LDDRE by the end of this week.
And for people on the East coast, J. David will be doing a reading
from LDDRE this Monday, March 11th, in New York, along with Sam Pink,
Scott McClanahan, and Cameron Pierce. Here are the details at
TIME OUT NEW YORK.
Also, EXTINCTION JOURNALS and ALL-MONSTER ACTION! are now available for Kindle!
The newly revised 2012
digital edition of EXTINCTION JOURNALS includes "The Sharp-Dressed Man at
the End of the Line," the classic short story explaining the origin of
the world's weirdest post-nuke survivor.
The
digital edition of ALL-MONSTER ACTION! includes bonus short story "Wet Nurse" as well as "We
Need to Make Things More Repulsive: The Early Sketches of Nick Gucker"!
POWELL'S READING:
This Monday, March 18th, 2013 I'll be reading at Powell's City of Books on Burnside as part of their annual
SMALLPRESSAPALOOZA event. Since my readings tend to run "blue" I've got the late night spot at 9:45pm. Should be great fun.
Cheers,
JRJ
