Grateful_Dad
Posted February 20, 2013
How do you characterize a novel like DOING MAX VINYL by Frederick Lee Brooke? Crime thriller? Check. Comedy? Check. Brilliantly conceived character exploration? Check, check, check. DOING MAX VINYL is all that and a bag of microchips (read the book and you'll know what I mean).
Maybe it was the perfectly rendered locations around the Midwest (which briefly included my hometown). Maybe it was the expertly crafted plot that chugged along like a locomotive, the snappy dialogue or the spectacular cast of characters so genuine I felt I knew them personally. Or maybe it's just the massive literary talent of author Frederick Lee Brooke who has crafted this highly amusing and endlessly entertaining novel you would be foolish to miss.
DOING MAX VINYL reads like some of the best of Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiaasen. You've got your greedy corporate criminals, deviously dangerous but goofy henchmen, jilted lovers, innocent heroes and closely guarded secrets kept at every level all woven together with a precision that will keep you riveted until the final page then wishing for more. (Fortunately, there is more and I'm looking forward to Brooke's other novel, ZOMBIE CANDY).
Honestly, folks, I can't recommend this one highly enough. Do yourselves a favor and pick up DOING MAX VINYL. By the end of page one, you'll understand what all the fuss is about.
