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A review by andrewgraphics
Gun Machine by Warren Ellis
2.0
An NYC cop discovers a huge cache of guns in a seemingly abandoned apartment, each of which has been used in unsolved murders that go back for decades.
The main character, John Tallow, is Ellis' typical loner "smartest guy in the room", in this case someone who happens to know a lot of trivia about the founding of NYC, which is paramount to the case. This time around, it turns out that key people around Tallow also know the same things, so when he tosses out a reference they not only understand it but can continue the thought. here are also a couple of cases of extremely unlikely incidents that would have been leaps in poorly-written episodic TV, let alone a novel written by someone with 20 years of experience. This book is really only for people who love Ellis' writing.
The main character, John Tallow, is Ellis' typical loner "smartest guy in the room", in this case someone who happens to know a lot of trivia about the founding of NYC, which is paramount to the case. This time around, it turns out that key people around Tallow also know the same things, so when he tosses out a reference they not only understand it but can continue the thought. here are also a couple of cases of extremely unlikely incidents that would have been leaps in poorly-written episodic TV, let alone a novel written by someone with 20 years of experience. This book is really only for people who love Ellis' writing.