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A review by shanbro
Donnybrook by Frank Bill
4.0
All right! A little misogynistic novel for subway reading featuring a few female characters in various states of peril (victims of incest, meth, pills, attempted rapes, beatings, gunshots). Two men fighting their way to Donnybrook for a payoff. Also a random Chinese martial arts pro. Another character with a randomly redneck reason for going to Donnybrook. Racism. When all is said and done, there is barely a full mouth of teeth left among them.
That's right, in case you were unsure, this novel is a brutal bloodbath! It builds to the last section, which is aptly titled, "Pandemonium." The novel is saturated with violence, but for the most part I didn't feel any of the blows. The first section promises characters who will do anything to survive in a depressed economy and with their own private pain. The subsequent sections are men who can survive more than is believable. And the Donnybrook is absurd. But I have to say, the novel certainly presents predicaments not seen very often in literature. Four stars for that.
That's right, in case you were unsure, this novel is a brutal bloodbath! It builds to the last section, which is aptly titled, "Pandemonium." The novel is saturated with violence, but for the most part I didn't feel any of the blows. The first section promises characters who will do anything to survive in a depressed economy and with their own private pain. The subsequent sections are men who can survive more than is believable. And the Donnybrook is absurd. But I have to say, the novel certainly presents predicaments not seen very often in literature. Four stars for that.