Imprint: No Exit Press

Category: Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction

Dog Eat Dog

Edward Bunker

THREE MEN – TWO CONVICTIONS – ONE LAST SCORE – NO MORE CHANCES

Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation. Dog Eat Dog is the story of three men fresh out of prison who now have the task of adapting to civilian life. The California three strikes law looms over them, but what the hell, they’re going to do it their way.

Troy, an aloof mastermind, seeks an uncomplicated, clean life but cannot get away from his hatred for the system. Diesel is on the mob’s payroll and interest in his suburban home and nagging wife is waning. The loose cannon of the trio, Mad Dog, is possessed by true demons within, that lead him from one explosive situation to the next.

One last big hit, one more jackpot, and they’ll be set for life. Troy constructs the perfect crime and they pull it off, but it is still not enough to prevent a denouement that has a grim and violent inevitability about it.

Hardback

RRP: £12.99

ISBN: 9781874061496

Published: July 11, 1996

Extent: 256 pages

Paperback

RRP: £9.99

ISBN: 9781842432693

Published: May 1, 2008

Extent: 256 pages

Ebook

RRP: £4.99

ISBN: 9781842437544

Published: July 26, 2012

Reviews

‘The ‘angel dust’ of crime fiction: thrillingly violent and addictive, surging with exhilaration and fear’

The Evening Standard

‘Integrity, craftsmanship and moral passion…an artist with a unique and compelling voice’

William Styron

‘Dog Eat Dog operates on a creative plain that’s as strange and corrupted as Mad Dog’s morality’

Henry Barnes , The Guardian

Edward Bunker

Edward Bunker, Mr Blue in Reservoir Dogs, was the author of No Beast So Fierce, Little Boy Blue, Dog Eat Dog, The Animal Factory and his autobiography, Mr Blue, all published by No Exit. He was co-screenwriter of the Oscar nominated movie, The Runaway Train, and appeared in over 30 feature films, including Straight Time with Dustin Hoffman, the film of his book No Beast So Fierce. Edward Bunker died in 2005 and another novel, Stark, was discovered in his papers.

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