![]() ![]() Intro to Scene 1: Winslow is introducing us to Chon via a description of Chon’s special forces tours in Iraq. Therefore, since I don’t believe I could ever do justice to Winslow’s prose, I thought I would give you a few samples and let you see for yourself, with a brief intro by me to set up the scene. ![]() However, even if it does, it really does not give you any idea about how mind-blowingly fresh and ice slick smooth the writing is in the story. All is peachy, breezy and OC easy until the Mexican drug cartel wants Ben and Chon to come work for them.and no is not an option.yeah, tell that to Chon. Ben has engineered the highest of high grade marijuana and he and Chon sell it in Southern California to upper class, Kardashian type clientele. ![]() Ben is a passive, brilliant, Buddhist type (or Baddhist as Ben explains) and Chon is an ex-special forces, "man of few words" killing machine who basically hates everyone (except Ben). Chon and Ben are the 21st century version of the odd couple on steroids. The basic plot is very simple (though the execution of it is anything but). His writing, his tone, his slick as shit story-telling are all intelligent, original, hiply sparse and kick-ass coolio. Don Winslow has instantly become an author whose next book I will buy sight unseen. ![]() I loved, loved, loved every single page of this thrilltastic story. If these two wordsmithing masters of dialogue, tone and hip colloquialisms ever had a literary LOVE CHILD….it would DON WINSLOW. ![]()
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