"Robert Mann is sick of hearing about criminals who get away with murder. He’s sick of rapists, drug dealers, and con men. He’s sick of the human trash – people who know how to use the system against itself. He’s sick of sitting idly by and doing nothing. So Robert Mann is going to fight back. The problem -- there’s a difference between wanting to kill someone and actually doing it."
Praise for Mann of War
“…His characters are beautifully rendered, real and true, at once vulnerable and courageous. Wise and insightful, Brantingham's work brilliantly captures the light and darkness in us all.” --James Brown
“John Brantingham is one of the brightest stars emerging from a generation of authors…His capacious human sympathies, which do not exclude a keen sense of humor, elevate and deepen his work to layers beyond the merely entertaining. Prepare to be both educated and enthralled.” –Gerald Locklin
“…the book that the illegitimate son of Robert Parker and James Ellroy might have had in a parallel universe. Brantingham’s clipped, tough-guy prose is possessed of a hard-boiled rhythm that approaches a kind of poetry, and his first-class dialogue, which is at turns witty, cruel, and wise, immediately places Brantingham onto the short list of great contemporary crime writers.” —Paul Kareem Tayyar, Author of “In the Footsteps of the Silver King” and “Postmark Atlantis”
Mann of War is available now from Amazon.
Meet John Brantingham
John Brantingham is the author of books such as East of Los Angeles, Mann of War, Let Us All Pray Now to Our Own Strange Gods, Study Abroad, and others. His poetry has been featured on Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac and in hundreds of magazines in the US and the UK. He has been nominated for multiple Pushcart Prizes and won Pearl Magazine's Fiction contest. He lives in Southern California with his wife, Annie, and their dog, Archie.Connect with John online at his blog, Amazon, and Goodreads.
Sounds like an amazing book, I shall check it out.
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DeleteThank you, Anonymous. I loved writing it!
ReplyDeleteYour book description is gripping. Just enough to whet my interest without giving away too much. (Don't you wish the marketing people would do the same when this book is made into a movie? Often you see the trailer and feel like you've already seen the movie!)
ReplyDeleteI'm a new member of the Oak Tree Press Posse, stopping by to wish you luck and to let you know I'll be keeping a tender eye on your progress with your writing.
Thanks for stopping by to support John, Anne. Good luck with your own books as well!
DeleteSound great. I will have to read it really soon!
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I hope you get the chance soon. It was a very interesting read. Thanks for stopping by, Virginia!
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