Gil Brewer should be better known than he is. This book is a masterpiece
from cover to cover. It is up there with the best of Jim Thompson's
work. The descriptions of the people, the places, and the moods are
crazy good. This is noir as it was meant to be. A man is down on his
luck, way down. His wife, Ruby, is at least nine months ready and he
hasn't found a lick of work in six months or more. Selling the last of
his gun collection ought to pay a few bills. So he goes to his favorite
bartender to sell it. Trouble finds him though in the person of Ralph
Anger, who is do aptly named. And, hours of pure terror with a crazed
gunman ensue. This book is so good you'll want to read it again as
soon asyou finish it ( )