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Book SynopsisA dark coming-of-age comedy set in a world of scoundrels and misfits at the end of their tether.Paul Wint quits his dead-end gig composing greeting cards and falls in with Hornsmith, an ailing con on his last score. Hornsmith is running a scam on Dr. Courtney, a cosmetic surgeon, and Simon Trang, a shadowy narc. He says it's business, but it's really more of a blackmail job.
And it's not working out. While Hornsmith's distracted by his intestinal cancer, Courtney's gangsters plot to kill the deal. Soon, Paul can't see his way for the complications in the swindle. His obsession with Marla, a singer with The Raging Socket, doesn't help.
After a mysterious fire destroys his apartment building, Paul sets out on a road trip that is both terrifying and ridiculous, a trip through America that brings together immigrants, crooks, and seekers in the vast, unforgiving, inspiring spaces of the desert.
Trade ReviewKnife-edge suspense laced with shocking violence and ruthless treachery make
Business an edge-of-seat page-turner to the very end. Highly recommended, especially for connoisseurs of the genre! * Midwest Book Review *
Business is an enthralling, blackly comic downward journey packed with a delicious assortment of losers and misfits that doubles as a meditation on friendship and love. * Andrew Daley, author of Resort and Tell Your Sister *
Meyboom effectively establishes the story, carving out funny characters and scenes of peril. * Publishers Weekly *
Business is a dislocating yet brisk journey across one fractured tangent of modern life, and much can be expected of J.P. Meyboom's future novels. * Read, Listen, Watch *
