Lethal Injection - Softcover

Praise for Jim Nisbet ""Lethal Injection" is an unheralded masterpiece of the Noir genre. Everyone who loves Noir should read this brilliant book." -James Ellroy "Truly, hellishly gritty." -"Los Angeles Times" "Jim Nisbet is a lot more than just good... powerful, provocative... remains in the mind long after the novel is finished. Nisbet's style has overtones of Walker Percy's smooth southern satin, but his characters - losers, grifters, con men - hark back to the days of James M. Cain's twisted images of morality." -"Toronto Globe-Mail" "Horrifying, riveting... a book worth reading." -"United Press International" "A novel of rare ferocity... a veritable nightmare. A great and terrifying roman noir!" -"Le Figaro" Praise for Jim Nisbet ""Lethal Injection" is an unheralded masterpiece of the Noir genre. Everyone who loves Noir should read this brilliant book." -James Ellroy "Truly, hellishly gritty." -"Los Angeles Times" "Jim Nisbet is a lot more than just good... powerful, provocative... remains in the mind long after the novel is finished. Nisbet's style has overtones of Walker Percy's smooth southern satin, but his characters - losers, grifters, con men - hark back to the days of James M. Cain's twisted images of morality." -"Toronto Globe-Mail" "Horrifying, riveting... a book worth reading." -"United Press International" "A novel of rare ferocity... a veritable nightmare. A great and terrifying roman noir!" -"Le Figaro"

Jim Nisbet's cult classic Lethal Injection has been a phenomenon in America and in Europe since being originally published in 1987. It is about as noir as one can get. In a bleak Texas prison, Royce - an alcoholic doctor - administers Bobby Mencken's last high' in spite of being convinced that the convicted killer was innocent. When Royce's marriage crumbles, he decides to take off for Dallas in search of the real killer. With sharp humour and a poet's ear for language, Nisbet's world may be desolate, but it is frighteningly real and addictively sinister.'