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Crooked Little Vein

by Warren Ellis

Burned-out private detective and self-styled shit magnet Michael McGill needed a wake-up call to jump-start his dead career. What he got was a virtual cattle prod to the crotch, in the form of an impossible assignment delivered directly from the president's heroin-addict chief of staff. It seems the Constitution of the United States has some skeletons in its closet: the Founding Fathers... (more)

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Becca M
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You can definitely tell that Ellis has spent much of his career writing comic books - this novel is fast paced, rich in dialog, and thin in descriptive detail - it reads much like a graphic novel without the graphics. In most cases I would say this is a detriment, but Ellis pulls it off perfectly.

The premise is completely unrealistic but fun, featuring an odd main character (whom you can't help but feel an odd mixture of affection, distaste, and sympathy for) traversing bizarre,...

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  • Shi

    shi said:

    it made me chuckle.

    posted Thursday, September 13 2007

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