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    Matthew Stokoe

    Colony of Whores written by Matthew Stokoe
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    Colony of Whores - Die Hollywood!

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    When a failed screenwriter inherits a screenplay that may hold the key to both a sensational Hollywood murder and to his own sister's death, he is drawn into the dangerous twilight world that lurks at the edge of the movie business. Aided by a disgraced former journalist and a maverick female filmmaker bent on destroying the traditional Hollywood hierarchy, he begins a journey of revenge and personal salvation that will pit him against the owners of one of the most powerful and corrupt film companies in Los Angeles.

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    Praise for Matthew Stokoe

    for High Life

     

    “One of the most unstinting, imaginative, brutal and original contemporary novels ever written about the punishments that come with the prioritization of fame...” — Dennis Cooper

     

    "All of the classic ingredients of Californian noir are here, but Stokoe takes things further than most... This is a compelling and gripping novel." —Black Star Reviews

     

    “Chandler on heroin, Hammett on crack, James M. Cain with a blowtorch...” —Ken Bruen author of Priest

     

    for Cows


    "If you enjoy the sensation of your jaw dropping to the floor in a combination of stupefaction, hilarity, and shock, Cows is your book. Matthew Stokoe has written a novel like no other I've ever read--appalling, funny, and possessed of a sense of outre violence that makes Joris-Karl Huysmans read like Louisa May Alcott." —Scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest

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    "The word is out that Cows is every bit as dark and deranged as Iain Banks' classic The Wasp Factory. It's not: it's even more so. Possibly the most visceral novel ever written." —Kerrang!

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    for Empty Mile

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    “… heartbreakingly powerful contemporary noir… Stokoe stays true to a bleak vision of the world as he enmeshes his characters in the kinds of tragic setups reminiscent of a Thomas Hardy novel.” —Publishers Weekly

     

    “The tension builds unbearably in this magnificent ‘Sierras Noir’ novel. Stokoe writes damaged people worthy of James M. Cain and Jim Thompson. His star-crossed lovers and broken families will steal your heart, even as Stokoe drives the knife home.” —Denise Hamilton, author of the Eve Diamond Series

     

    “This book has everything a good crime novel should: a suspenseful story with violence at its core, characters driven by lust, love and guilt, propelled with prose that's poetic and profound.” —Carole E. Barrowman, Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel

    © 2013  MATTHEW STOKOE