Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey (Eos) was unquestionably the most entertaining novel I read last year – smart, dark, hilarious – which actually surprised me a lot. While I like mysteries and some quirky fiction, I tend to run a mile from anything too dark or apocalyptic, but one glance into Sandman Slim and I was hooked. I wrote the following for Indie Next:
How a book this dark can be this much fun to read is just one of many things that will amaze you about Sandman Slim. After surviving eleven years in Hell – literally – Stark is ready for vengeance on the magicians who killed his girlfriend and sent him there. If he happens to avert the Apocalypse at the same time, that will be icing on the cake. Good Omens meets Raymond Chandler!
The good news is that Sandman Slim is now available in mass market paperback for only $7.99. The great news is that Kadrey has written a sequel, called Kill the Dead. The amazing news is that Kill the Dead is twice as good as Sandman Slim. The bad news is that Kill the Dead won’t be published until October. But here's what I wrote about it for Indie Next:
The most delightful novel I read last year was Richard Kadrey's amazing Sandman Slim. The only problem with a book so stunning, original, fast-paced and funny is that it's a very tough act to follow. Only a truly outstanding writer could give us a sequel twice as good as the original: action-packed from the first page, dark yet slyly hilarious, thought-provoking and impossible to put down. Fortunately, Kadrey is a master, and Kill the Dead, in which Stark, the half-angel hitman from hell, goes up against angels, devils, federal agents and a zombie apocalypse in Los Angeles, is a masterpiece.
You may also want to check out http://richardkadrey.blogspot.com/ - like his novels, it's smart, funny and interesting.
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