{"product_id":"gutshot-straight-paperback","title":"Gutshot Straight - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLou Berney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lou Berney's novel is so energetic, so droll, and so wheezingly funny that it accomplished what no book ever has before: it made me forget to eat lunch.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Stephen Harrigan, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eChallenger Park\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fast and funny caper in the tradition of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, and the Coen Brothers, \u003cem\u003eGutshot Straight \u003c\/em\u003ebrings a fresh new talent into the crime fiction fold: Louis Berney. He's already won raves for his short fiction collection \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Bobby Joe and Other Stories \u003c\/em\u003e(\"Rivals the work of contemporary hotshots T.C. Boyle and Ralph Lombreglia\" --\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e). With \u003cem\u003eGutshot Straight, \u003c\/em\u003eBerney is \"all in\"--sure to win a fervent following with the story of \"Shake\" Bouchon, fresh out of prison and on the straight and narrow path...after maybe just \u003cem\u003eone\u003c\/em\u003e last job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessional wheel man Charles Shake Bouchon is too nice a guy for the life he's led and not nice enough for any other. Fresh out of prison, he's supposed to deliver a package to Vegas strip-club owner Dick the Whale Moby and pick up a briefcase for Shake's former boss and lover, Alexandra Ilandryan, \u003cem\u003epakhan\u003c\/em\u003e of L.A.'s Armenian mob. But when the package turns out to be Gina, a wholesome young housewife, Shake decides to set her free--a move as noble as it is boneheaded. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Shake and Gina are on the run in Panama--looking to unload the briefcase's unusual contents while outmaneuvering two angry crime bosses, a heartbroken ex-linebacker, and a sadistic thug plagued by erectile superfunction. And Shake's learning that Gina is less wholesome and more complicated than he initially imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e--Ted Griffin, screenwriter of OCEAN'S ELEVEN, MATCHSTICK MEN and BEST LAID PLANS\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessional wheel man Charles \"Shake\" Bouchon is too nice a guy for the life he's led and not nice enough for any other. Fresh out of prison, he's supposed to deliver a package to Vegas strip-club owner Dick \"the Whale\" Moby and pick up a briefcase for Shake's former boss and lover, Alexandra Ilandryan, \u003cem\u003epakhan\u003c\/em\u003e of L.A.'s Armenian mob. But when the \"package\" turns out to be Gina, a wholesome young housewife, Shake decides to set her free--a move as noble as it is boneheaded. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Shake and Gina are on the run in Panama--looking to unload the briefcase's unusual contents while outmaneuvering two angry crime bosses, a heartbroken ex-linebacker, and a sadistic thug plagued by erectile superfunction. And Shake's learning that Gina is less wholesome and more complicated than he initially imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915297976636,"sku":"9780061766343","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/aHlJdFAxb1BiTFR4Z1c4eElscjhIUT09.webp?v=1774361348","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/gutshot-straight-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}