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Strong and multifaceted collection from the imaginative Angel Colón, a man who's not afraid to let his sick side show. I'd seen a few of these pieces in their original publications, and it was nice to get reacquainted with them, but there was plenty here that was new to me. I'm especially impressed, however, with the depth of human emotion that's on display in some of the best stories, like "Saltimbocca" (which has also an excellent twist ending). In particular, I am a fan of the Sean Clarke cha...
It's no secret I like Angel Luis Colón's writing. I have reviewed both of his Blacky Jaguar books as well as the first in his Fantine Park series, No Happy Endings. So a collection of Colón's short stories, Meat City on Fire and Other Assorted Debacles (Down & Out Books), would most likely be something I would enjoy. And enjoy I did. There's a cadence to Colón's writing that I can ease right into away whether a story is set in a trailer park or in the Bronx. Colón gets the reader inside his char...
Every story in this book is a friggin' winner.
Damn. If you haven't read Colon's work, you should rectify that immediately. Every story in this collection is noir-as-eff increcible.
Think of this collection of sixteen short fables as little lessons on life, as kind of a self -help book that offers sage advice on how to stand up to bullies, how to plan a memorable wedding, how to investigate a crime scene, how to collect the vig for the local money man, how tough choose a nice restaurant, how to put on a dinner show for all the neighbors, and more. Okay, think of it maybe as a self-help book for Couisin Vinny and then some. These stories are a bit twisted, a bit off kilter.
This is my favorite short story collection in a quite some time. It's twisty, funny, grimy, and super sharp. This is Angel Colon at his absolute best (which is really f'ing good).
A collection of stories about people behaving badly, these aspire more to make you laugh and slap your knee than to be literary. Sometimes it works, like in the drug trip recounted in “Gospel According to Lee Van Cleef.” Sometimes, like in the two part story of low-level leg breaker Sean Clarke, it didn’t really interest me- sometimes the genre-bound plot elements deliver something you’ve seen before. Sometimes, like in the donkey show “Jenny,” you find yourself kind of splitting the difference....
