Saguaro Riptide

Rating:
Summary: Cutsey, but engaging.
Review: Norman Partridge has an anoying tendancy to throw in long cutsey dicriptions, psudo-hip refrences, and brand names of products continuously through the book, but the characters had a lot of heart. And when the book was over, I did want more.

Rating:
Summary: Drive-In Seduction
Review: To anyone suggesting that the Baddalach novels are breezy
and insufficient is to completely miss the point of Norman
Partridge's work.
The two Jack Baddalach novels of Mr. Partridge represent
a very particular type of story for particular type people, namely
those people who love b-films, classic monster movies, surf music
and women in leather. Partridge uses the icons of the Atomic Age
to give SAGUARO RIPTIDE a resonance and power, and like any
highly-skilled, original writer, his references and in-jokes give
the learned, film-literate reader some of the best Drive-In Fiction
since Joe Lansdale.
Both Baddalach novels, including the TEN-OUNCE SIESTA,
are fast-moving, unpretentious studies of criminals, killers, and
cult leaders, in a world of violence and death. Partridge funnels
his series character, boxer Baddalch, through a world of surreal
b-movie iconography, as anything can and does happen at any
moment; all the while, Partridge displays his absolute knowledge and
love for movies, monsters, and tough crime novels, compressed
into Partridge's distinct and completely original novels. When you
read Partridge, you read a lifetime of Partridge's most-cherished
icons all-starring their way through his fiction. Two excellent reads,
and a pure festival for anyone who dreams in Technicolor.

Rating:
Summary: He's one bad motha... SHUT YO' MOUTH!
Review: With all the attitude of "Shaft" and the gusto of a Cohen brothers film, Partridge takes a quick, satisfying trip through the Southwest in this novel. His storyline is enticing to any adventurous reader, thrilling to those who love a wild ride. His character work is full and rich, much bolder and stronger than most authors writing popular fiction today. I'm sold on his work and will anxiously pick up his other novels. It's extremely refreshing to pick up a 'fun' summer read and find an author with a distinct voice and heart to share. Partridge is a truly promising novelist who, when he makes it big, may well put John Grisham to shame. He is certainly the more talented writer.

Rating:
Summary: He's one bad motha... SHUT YO' MOUTH!
Review: With all the attitude of "Shaft" and the gusto of a Cohen brothers film, Partridge takes a quick, satisfying trip through the Southwest in this novel. His storyline is enticing to any adventurous reader, thrilling to those who love a wild ride. His character work is full and rich, much bolder and stronger than most authors writing popular fiction today. I'm sold on his work and will anxiously pick up his other novels. It's extremely refreshing to pick up a 'fun' summer read and find an author with a distinct voice and heart to share. Partridge is a truly promising novelist who, when he makes it big, may well put John Grisham to shame. He is certainly the more talented writer.