Bruen gaga for PointBlank

Normally, writers give a blurb for books they like from time to time. But Ken Bruen is not a normal author, and when he likes someone, he really likes them. So it goes for the new writers of PointBlank Press, who impressed Bruen so much he wrote an entire essay about them:

What are these guys on………………………….and please, can I have some?

Duane Swierczynski

Dave Zeltserman

Ray Banks

Allan Guthrie

Carve those names in granite. Scar them in your mind, as soon they will be legend…….writ huge.

Sing Loud

Black Mask, City Lights, La Serie Noire…….The Royalty of Mystery

PSS………There’s a new kid on the block, snarling, spitting, already rock’n’roll.

POINT BLANK, the publisher of the Zeitgeist. This is *the* list, the no frills, no bullshit real deal. And they already have Jim Sallis, Gary Phillips, Bill Pronzini to name but a taste.

And on Bruen goes, leaving us with the comment that “if they could sign Tom Waits, they’d be complete. They goddamn are as close as it gets already.”

Nice. (link from Monsieur Banks)