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Sandman Slim

Written by Richard Kadrey

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Average Score: 82⁽⁹⁾

Supernatural fantasy has a new antihero

Life sucks, and then you die. Or, if you're James Stark, you spend eleven years in Hell as a hitman before finally escaping, only to land back in the hell-on-earth that is Los Angeles.

Now Stark's back, and ready for revenge. And absolution, and maybe even love. But when his first stop saddles him with an abusive talking head, Stark discovers that the road to absolution and revenge is much longer than you'd expect, and both Heaven and Hell have their own ideas for his future.

Resurrection sucks. Saving the world is worse.

Darkly twisted, irreverent, and completely hilarious, Sandman Slim is the breakthrough novel by an acclaimed author.

Book Details

Fantasy
Hardcover, 400 Pages
Published by Eos on August 01, 2009
ISBN-10 0061714305
ISBN-13 978-0061714306

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SF Site \| Richard Kadrey	Review Rating: 100
...Sandman Slim is very, very good indeed. Full Review Link



Fantasy Literature \| Greg Hersom	Review Rating: 90
Richard Kadrey does something better by creating a very original story with characters that are both interesting and darkly comical. Full Review Link



Fantasy Book Critic \| Fabio Fernandes	Review Rating: 80
I took my time reading Sandman Slim. It was completely worth it. Full Review Link



Fantasy Literature \| Audrey Homan	Review Rating: 80
A dark, sassy Molotov cocktail of Biblical allusions, horror movie references and sentences coiled tight as bullwhips. Full Review Link



Fantasy Literature \| Justin Blazier	Review Rating: 80
It contained humor, a gritty style, and a fast pace -- everything I love about urban fantasy. Full Review Link



SFRevu \| Gayle Surrette	Review Rating: 80
...the reader is dropped into a story that is smart, witty, confusing, original, and totally engrossing. Full Review Link



SFRevu \| Steve Sawicki	Review Rating: 80
it's rare these days when a book demands to be read, is hard to put down and insists on being finished as soon as possible because the writing and the story are just that good. Full Review Link



Fantasy Literature \| Marion Deeds	Review Rating: 75
Of all the wonderful things here -- the interesting backstory and worldview, the characters, the adrenaline-rush plot -- I think Stark, the punk-gladiator and fringe-dweller-magician, is quite the best. Full Review Link



Fantasy Literature \| Terry Weyna	Review Rating: 75
Sandman Slim throws a new idea at the reader with almost every page in an orgy of weirdness. I like that in a novel, even if it is almost exhausting to read. Full Review Link

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