- Paperback: 204 pages
- Publisher: Curbstomp Press (January 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0615178367
- ISBN-13: 978-0615178363
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
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Bernardo Walterhaus is a detective on a mission: find a missing heiress that no one can seem to locate. Armed with cunning wit, luck, and an unerring ability to find trouble, Bernardo will solve the case with the help of his bodyguard/driver and a pack of the most vulgar and violent cops you could have on your side. Bernardo will find an unlikely solution, without a clue or a good idea, as long as the mercenaries, gnomes, orderlies, exploding castles, fake Germans, angry competitors, plane crashes, burning office buildings, board meetings, boiling chocolate, fratboys, and criminal masterminds don't get him first. A surreal comedy caper from Ryan Speck.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Explore the rich history and culture of Oberwalz, Nov 22 2009
By Cathi - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Big Rusty Lie (Paperback)
Sometimes, life kicks you in the balls. Sometimes, your balls are assaulted by battery acid.I can't recommend this book to you without one qualification.
You must put down your empty life and read this book. Don't delude yourself into thinking that anything else will compare to what you will find here. I found myself repeatedly laughing out loud on public transit, scaring the other riders.
Perhaps an analogy is appropriate to illustrate the illicit pleasure you will enjoy.
Life in Oberwalz is like pie--a tasty fruit pie with a perfectly golden crust that was spontaneously but masterfully pierced to relieve the pressure of steam and allow one to observe the boil of syrup.
Now, some overlook the importance of pectin. Pectin is what holds a pie's juicy contents together and keeps them from running across the void of the first slice in a flood of disappointment.
You might say that Ryan Speck is pectin. He binds what could be an overly ambitious baking tragedy into a thoroughly enjoyable masterpiece that won't ooze all over your plate.
Afterwards, you might decide to have a cup of coffee to round off the experience. You will smile contentedly. As you digest, you will realize you crave more.
You will return to the kitchen, balancing your fork on the plate in a clumsy but determined ballet. When you get to the pie tin, your heart will sink because there is no more pie.
But don't be upset. There's another one in the oven.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Great Hardboiled Detective Fiction Steeped in the Surreal, May 18 2008
By Steven G. Saunders "Bacon Lord" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Big Rusty Lie (Paperback)
Are you looking for something a bit strange, off or weird? Well, if it's just a "bit" you may be slightly disappointed. With his book, The Big Rusty Lie, author Ryan Speck manages to create a piece of hardboiled detective fiction that's so amazingly bizarre and odd that it's nearly perfect in its eccentricity and surrealist attitude without losing it's hardboiled and noir edge. In fewer words: it's a riot. You'll laugh, you'll cry-- it will become a part of you. I don't think I've ever read crime fiction where gnomes play a serious role in the story, for instance. From the unique city and county of Oberwalz to the "the world's greatest detective" Bernardo Walterhaus, readers are treated to all sorts of standard tropes given the surrealist treatment.I cannot recommend this book enough, especially since much of what I read tries to appease certain standards too much. Speck certainly provides an incredibly entertaining story that will leave you hungry for more; but he does it on his terms. And trust me, you wouldn't want it any other way.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
I READ THIS, LIKE, A MILLION YEARS AGO!, Mar 13 2012
By Blayne Alexander "Pop Culture Monkey" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Big Rusty Lie (Paperback)
Then why am I writing a review for it now? Good question. It *might* be because I had forgotten before...it *might* be because I'm bored...or it *MIGHT* be because my band is putting out an album "fairly shortly" and I want the Ryan Speck SEAL of APPROVAL. Whatever the case may be, here it is:I LIKED IT.
Serious! It aint bad. Some parts Douglas Adams. Other parts Phyllis Diller. But all parts pectin (as described below).
Buy the heck out of it.
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