What We Reckon
by Eryk Pruitt
Coming Soon through Rock and a Hard Place Press!
Print ISBN: 979-8-9938836-3-2; eBook ISBN: 979-8-9938836-4-9
NOMINATED FOR THE ANTHONY AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL, 2018
Meet Jack Jordan. He’s a smooth-talking con artist with a penchant for the fast life. He’s snuck into Lufkin, Texas, in the dead of night with little more than a beat-up Honda, a hollowed-out King James Bible full of cocaine, and enough emotional baggage to sink a steam ship. He’s charming, dedicated, and extremely paranoid.
Summer Ashton, his partner-in-crime. She’s stuck by him through thick and thin, but lately, her mind has begun to slip. They’ve told their fair share of lies and she’s having a devil of a time remembering what’s the truth. And recently, she’s been hearing voices. Unfortunately for both of them, she’s the brains of the operation.
Furthermore, they have begun to tire of one another. For these two career grifters, the sleepy East Texas countryside is but another pit stop on their rampage across the American South. Will it be their last?
In WHAT WE RECKON, Eryk Pruitt explores themes of identity, loyalty, and purpose with psycho-delic, transgressive, chicken-fried twists that read like Trainspotting cut with a couple grams of Helter Skelter.
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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING:
“Hardboiled honey packed with razor blades and dynamite, strange and leanly written, and tossed into a tornado; WHAT WE RECKON is the insane love child of James Cain and Jim Thompson, a modern piece of folklore covered in gasoline and set on fire. This baby rocks like a motel bed during a cheap honeymoon. You need it.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, author of Hap & Leonard and Honky Tonk Samurai
“Pruitt delivers an excellent addition to the gritty Southern noir genre. Readers of Hunter S. Thompson and David Joy will enjoy the psychedelic twists and turns as well as the rapid-fire dialog.”
― Library Journal (Starred Review)
“Assured prose carries the reader along to the shattering and enigmatic ending.”
― Publishers Weekly
“I'd tell you to remember the name Eryk Pruitt, but after you read WHAT WE RECKON, it'll be impossible to forget. This is Southern noir prepared just the way you like it: Boiled hard, gritty as hell, and aimed straight at your heart.”
― Rob Hart, author of Assassins Anonymous and The Warehouse
“Reminds me of a young Quentin Tarantino. Pruitt is one of the best Southern Fiction writers.”
― Bookreporter
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Eryk Pruitt is a filmmaker, novelist, and screenwriter living in Hillsborough, North Carolina. His films have earned top prizes at film festivals around the world, and his novel WHAT WE RECKON was a finalist for the Anthony Award. His latest novel, Blood Red Summer, is available wherever you buy books. He can be found either at his desk, hard at work on another story, or mixing drinks at his bar, Yonder.
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