Looking for a new read that was written by a 20+ year Venice resident and features our community as a featured setting? Check out Eric Coyote’s “The Long Drunk”!
Coyote’s first novel is available as a free download for Kindle, iBooks and others, which you can download by clicking here. Want to be nice and support the author? Buy it on Amazon for $6.99!
From the publisher:
Inspired by Chandler, Steinbeck, and Quentin Tarantino, THE LONG DRUNK tells the story of a homeless alcoholic who must solve a cold-case murder in order to save his best friend’s life. Set in the gutters, bars, and alleys of Venice, California, this darkly comic crime/detective saga is filled with sex, violence, booze, and plenty of foul street talk.
It is hard-boiled, heartbreaking, gritty as hell, and thoroughly immerses the reader in the squalid yet resourceful underworld of the down-and-out. By juxtaposing the cruel realities of life on the street with the obscene wealth of the Hollywood elite, Coyote has created a ultra noir masterpiece for the ages. THE LONG DRUNK will leave you crying, laughing, and begging for more.
