Brainquake
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
The bagmen who transport money for organized crime live by a set of rules: no personal relationships, no ties, no women…and never, ever look inside the bag you’re carrying. Paul Page was the perfect bagman, despite suffering from a rare brain disorder. But that ended the day he saw a beautiful Mob wife become a Mob widow. Now Paul is going to break every rule he’s lived by–even if it means he might be left holding the bag.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
First published in French in 1993, this so-called "lost" novel from director Fuller (1912 1997) is, like his work for the big screen, rough around the edges and blunt as a head butt. In a plot that echoes that of Fuller's best-known film, Pickup on South Street, Paul Page suffers "brainquakes" seizures during which he responds violently to horrifying visions. Paul is working as a bagman for the mob in New York City, making money drops, when he falls in love with Michelle Troy, a gangster's widow. Believing Michelle's life to be in danger, Paul flees to Paris with her and $10 million of mob money. In hot pursuit is a mob assassin who dresses as a priest and crucifies his victims. The writing is pulpy and the violence brutal, but Fuller explodes a few surprises to keep the plot unpredictable, and his mordant asides on crime and corruption elevate this tale above much standard genre fare.
