{"id":29472,"date":"2022-04-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=29472"},"modified":"2022-04-20T17:25:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T21:25:20","slug":"dead-dogs-by-manny-torres-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=29472","title":{"rendered":"DEAD DOGS by Manny Torres \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dead<\/span> Dogs<\/span> by Manny Torres<\/p>\n

Trade Paperback: \u200e 200 pages
\nPublisher: Moonshine Cove Publishing, LLC (August 14, 2020)<\/p>\n

First sentence…<\/p>\n

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Phobos sat like a derelict Buddha on top of the broken newspaper machine, dusty, a little greasy, a little crusty around the edges. .<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/p>\n

Phobos and Chuck are buddies living on periphery of civilized society.\u00a0 They’re the guys we see (or look away from) hanging outside the 7-11 or your local bank if the free coffee is better there.\u00a0 They’ve chosen this life and move through it partying with friends when times are good and finding a way when times are lean.<\/p>\n

Phobos and Chuck are in debt to a local crime boss wannabe.\u00a0 Boots Tumbler’s empire includes dog fighting, drugs, stolen goods and he’s looking to expand.\u00a0 Tumbler has Phobos and Chuck cleaning up after dog fights and sometimes the bodies they dispose aren’t canine.\u00a0 When Tumbler orders Phobos and Chuck to drive a couple of Tumbler’s associates on a cross-country trip, it puts them on a collision course with hired killers looking for their own payback.<\/p>\n

Torres takes us into a world few of us would want to live in, yet we know exists not far from where we sit.\u00a0 Where other writers romanticize life below the poverty line, Torres has us experience it without rose colored glasses.\u00a0 We see, smell and feel what it means to be Phobos and Chuck.\u00a0 Neither are heroes in the traditional sense, but we pull for them because they come across as real human beings.\u00a0 Which, perhaps surprisingly, makes the crazy characters they meet more believable.<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t want to live the life of Phobos or Chuck, but I enjoyed riding along with them in the Great White.\u00a0 Torres has created (or perhaps just expertly described) a world where larger than life personalities look to get ahead no matter the cost to others, while some folks just look to get by.\u00a0 I wouldn’t be surprised if Phobos and Chuck have future adventures (or we learn about some in their past).\u00a0 El Alacran is ripe for a tale or two as well!<\/p>\n

Dead<\/span> Dogs<\/span> rates 4 of 5 stars.<\/p>\n

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