The Slanted Gutter
The Slanted Gutter by S. Craig Zahler, published by Den of Iniquity Books in 2021, is a psychological thriller that delves into the dark underbelly of crime and human behavior. This edition spans 401 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows Darren Tasking, an entrepreneur who manipulates risk, pleasure, and fear to control those around him. As he navigates the streets of Great Crown, Florida, Tasking’s life takes a turn when he encounters a dancer named Erin Green, challenging his carefully orchestrated existence.
Readers will find a complex exploration of power dynamics and moral ambiguity as Tasking’s interactions with Erin lead him into a web of danger involving sadists and his own extortionist schemes. The book offers a gritty portrayal of the noir genre, emphasizing themes of control and sacrifice within a suspenseful framework. With its unflinching character study and intricate plot, The Slanted Gutter invites readers to confront the darker aspects of human nature and the lengths one will go to for dominance and survival.
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Take a roller coaster ride through the gutter in this gripping pull-no-punches thriller from S. Craig Zahler
He knows what you’ll do – including what you’ll sacrifice for protection.
Darren Tasking is an entrepreneur whose business is people, and when it comes to people he specializes in risk, pleasure, and fear.
He knows what will break you – before you even feel a second of pain.
Tasking has everything and everyone, in his orbit, under control. If there’s something he wants he will alter your life, elaborately and maliciously, until you yield to his wishes.
He knows what makes the Machos tick – and how to keep them in the dark.
The police tried to keep Tasking down with their macho modus operandi, sent him away long ago, but they couldn’t keep him incarcerated forever. Now he’s older, uncommonly careful, and keeps the machos oblivious to his enterprises. But when he meets a dancer named Erin Green at the Cherry Red strip club everything changes.
He knows the streets of Great Crown, Florida can only be dominated by the remorseless insights of a relentless slick like him.
The brothels and gambling parlors secreted behind iron doors keep the slick autonomous and successful, but Erin proves to be the variable that could put him on a collision course with unrepentant sadists, machos, and a trap created by the slick’s own extortionist machinations.
The Slanted Gutter is a devastating character study painted with the darkest shades of noir, penned by a hand as unflinching as Tasking’s steely-eyed pursuit of his large dollar goal, as unforgiving on the reader as those who seek retribution against the slick for his nocturnal misdeeds.
Step into this gutter at your own risk.
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