Happy birthday to the great Amy Adams!
Despisal
Donkey Business
Today is the anniversary of the death of one of Hack’s heroes, the great Groucho Marx. It inspired him to write this book in tribute to the Marx Brothers. It’s not a bad read, but most critics thought it would have been better if he had left Zeppo in.
The Janitor Was a Ninja
Their Normal
Hack attended an extraordinary photographic exhibit entitled My Normal, featuring the mind-bending work of Los Angeles photographer Maroe. He was so moved that he was inspired to write this novel in tribute to it.
The exhibit was exceedingly better than Hack’s book.
Death Coaster
Happy National Roller Coaster Day!
Jonny & Boris Meet Mannix
Happy heavenly birthday to 1970s TV icon Mike Connors!
The Blackest Widow
Hack claims that this novel is based on a real woman he knew who would murder any man after having sex with him once. His publisher John Kane has admitted that he knows the woman and that she’s been married for 30 years to the same man by whom she has three children and that Hack made up the lie to explain why he refused to have sex with her when, in reality, it was she who refused to have sex with him. It’s a pretty good book though, with a nice subplot about a lonely clown.
Lifedoor
Happy heavenly birthday to the great Alfred Hitchcock!
Hack’s favorite Hitchcock film is the 1944 classic Lifeboat. He wrote this as a tribute to that film but he got confused midway into writing it and made it a tribute to the 1997 classic Titanic. It wound up being a ripoff of both films but it’s not a bad read.
Jonny’s Double
The Lazy Detectives
Happy National Lazy Day!