Nobody Move : A Novel

from SweetbriarPoet

When I first started reading this book, I didn't have high hopes, but it completely surprised me. The characters were archetypal without seeming cliche. I thought all of them were interesting, and the story was too. I loved the way the author gave his readers credit; instead of just spelling out ...

from gabebaker

There's not much too add to the reviews below. Nobody Move is like Tarentino's Pulp Fiction in novel form. Fun, fast, witty, and violent. Nobody Move doesn't have the depth and resonance of many of DJ's other works, but it seems clear that this was more of a palate cleanser for DJ following the w...

from gabebaker

There's not much too add to the reviews below. Nobody Move is like Tarentino's Pulp Fiction in novel form. Fun, fast, witty, and violent. Nobody Move doesn't have the depth and resonance of many of DJ's other works, but it seems clear that this was more of a palate cleanser for DJ following the w...

from crazy4novels

Denis Johnson's "Nobody Move," set in the depressed burgs of Northern California, is a moody homage to the works of Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane, and James M. Cain.. All of Johnson's characters are losers of one sort or another: Jimmy Luntz, a middle-aged nobody with a serious gambling debt;...

from crazy4novels

Denis Johnson's "Nobody Move," set in the depressed burgs of Northern California, is a moody homage to the works of Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane, and James M. Cain.. All of Johnson's characters are losers of one sort or another: Jimmy Luntz, a middle-aged nobody with a serious gambling debt;...