Maybe "How To Sell," Clancy Martin's debut novel about the scams of the jewelry trade business and the sleazes who sell within it, never really had a chance. Maybe I was like one of Bobby Clark's customers, only rather than getting duped by off-color diamonds with forged GIA certificates, I was g...
What an impressive, quick read. I love Clancy Martin's writing - his ability to capture detail and specific moments summons similarities to Henry Miller. His description and placement of women also belongs in the Miller world - here are men who are heart-breakingly in love with women, with the wr...