How The Hula Girl Sings

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Strange and darkly magical, this wonderful novel begins where most pulp fiction usually ends, with the vivid episode of the terrible crime itself. Three years later, Luce Lemay, out on parole for the awful tragedy, does his best to find hope: in a new job at the local Gas-N-Go; in his companion and fellow ex-con Junior Breen; and finally in the arms of the lovely but reckless Charlene. A wonderful accomplishment. The power is in the writing. Mr. Meno is a superb craftsman.' - Hubert Selby, Jr.'

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"A wonderful accomplishment. The power is in the writing. Mr. Meno is a superb craftsman." - Hubert Selby, Jr, author of Last Exit to Brooklyn "Meno's poetic and visceral style perfectly captures the seedy locale, and he finds the sadness behind violence and the anger behind revenge. Fans of hard-boiled pulp fiction will particularly enjoy this novel." - Booklist"

Author Bio

Joe Meno is a winner of a Nelson Algren Literary Award. His latest bestselling novel Hairstyles of the Damned was a selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program. He is a professor of creative writing at Columbia College, Chicago, the co-founder of Sleepwalk magazine, co-editor of Bail magazine and a columnist for Punk Planet magazine.