Pomona Queen

Description

From the author of 'Tapping the Source' and 'Dogs of Winter' comes this noir tale of a vacuum-cleaner salesman who becomes entangled in a homicidal biker's quest to avenge his brother's murder. Written directly out of the lineage of James M Cain and Raymond Chandler, this is an extraordinary work of murder and mayhem by a writer who sense of evil is unsurpassed. 'Pomona Queen is utterly first class' - Jim Harrison

Kem Nunn is a third-generation Californian whose previous novels include The Dogs of Winter, Pomona Queen, Unassigned Territory, and Tapping the Source, which was the basis of the film Point Break. Tijuana Straits won the Los Angeles Times Book Award. His latest novel, Chance, was recently made into a major TV series starring Hugh Laurie and Gretchen Mol. He lives in Southern California, where he also writes screenplays for television and film including John from Cincinnati, Deadwood and Sons of Anarchy.

Large chunks of nostalgic California history, a bizarre cast of low-life characters . . . and a knockout prose style . . . Pomona Queen is a wild and funny ride into the night * Playboy * Nunn is a swift, economical stylist with a gift for the absurd . . . a sure-handed storyteller possessing genuine compassion-as well as a wicked sense of humor... Pomona Queen is a fine, fast read * San Francisco Chronicle * he has a real feel for the kind of dementia that depends on getting the balance of drugs and alcohol just right -- Chris Petit * The Guardian * kinda Kinky Friedman meets 'Reservoir Dogs' -- Colin Ahern * Time Out * Hammett, Chandler, James Cain and Ross MacDonald, Kem Nunn has surpassed them all * L.A.Times *