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Adam Mansbach is the author of the instant New York Times bestsellers Go the F**k to Sleep and You Have to F**king Eat, as well as the novels The Dead Run, Rage Is Back, Angry Black White Boy, and The End of the Jews, the winner of the California Book Award. He was the 2009–2011 New Voices Professor of Fiction at Rutgers University, a 2012 Sundance Screenwriting Lab Fellow, a 2013 Berkeley Repertory Theater Writing Fellow, and a 2015 Artist in Residence at Stanford University's Institute for Diversity in the Arts. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, Esquire, and The Believer, and on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. He lives in Berkeley, California.
The Devil's Bag Man: A Novel
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9780062199706
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date: 07/21/2015
- Series: Ein Jahrtausend rumänisch-byzantinischer Musik 02 , #2
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- Pages: 384
- Sales rank: 307,463
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From Adam Mansbach, the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Go the F**k to Sleep, comes an electrifying and horrifying action-adventure tale set in the dangerous terrain of the Tex-Mex borderland
In The Dead Run, outlaw with a conscience Jess Galvan made a devil's bargain with El Cucuy, a fearsome, five-hundred-year-old Aztec priest and major crime kingpin determined to bring about hell on earth. Now, months later, Galvan is trapped in his own personal hell, his mind infested with the soul of this ancient monster. No longer able to trust his own judgment, he is estranged from his daughter, Sherry—and from his own body. His every moment is a battle to keep the evil priest at bay. But there is a silver lining—Cucuy's presence has endowed Galvan with superhuman strength and endurance.
Meanwhile, separated from Galvan and shell-shocked by her confrontation with Cucuy, Sherry is living with Sheriff Bob Nichols and his now girlfriend, psychologist Ruth Cantwell. The only bright spot in her life is her dashing new-to-town boyfriend. And in the bowels of Ojos Negros prison, a territory once controlled by the ancient priest, the drug cartels are at war with one another and on the hunt for Galvan—who must find a way to exorcise his inner demon in time to save the world from annihilation.
In this chilling sequel to The Dead Run, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach mixes horror, the supernatural, and gritty suspense to create a high-concept adventure filled with nasty bad guys, fearsome magic, and an unlikely hero who is caught between worlds but determined to save this one.
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Publishers Weekly
05/25/2015Mansbach’s bloody, terrifying sequel to The Dead Run brings a 500-year-old power struggle to a climax inside the body of Jess Galvan, which he shares with the soul of the evil, homicidal Aztec priest Cucuy. Mansbach skillfully keeps the characterization and language of ancient priests and gods distinct from the modern idiom, so when Mexican prisons, cross-border cartels, modern police investigations, and fatherly concern finally come together with magically beating hearts and armies of undead virgins, the effect of worlds colliding is devastatingly effective. Galvan embodies a fascinating mix of psychological struggle, bravado, and raw brutality, fighting against the demon’s voice inside him while using Cucuy’s superhuman strength to protect those he loves. He singlehandedly shakes up carefully balanced drug wars through pure killing power, and his human struggle and family context make the singlemindedness of his inhuman power all the more horrifying. Mansbach believably builds a scenario for the destruction of the world, showing the best and worst of humankind brought to their knees by the power of gods, and leaving the rest of us to tremble. Agent: Richard Abate, Endeavor Agency. (July)
Booklist
An adrenaline-pumping bang teeming with vivid, violent imagery. Imagine an Indiana Jones-style story, starring the Hulk and directed by Robert Rodriquez; surely satisfying for readers craving a bloody supernatural jolt.Shelf Awareness
Strap yourself in for this over-the-top ride along the lawless Mexican-American border.Library Journal
02/01/2015Anyone who can write a faux lullaby titled Go the F**k to Sleep has edge, which Mansbach shows off in 2013's The Dead Run and in this sequel. Imprisoned in a Mexican jail for a crime he didn't commit, Jess Galvan struck a nasty bargain to gain his freedom. Now he finds his mind and body taken over by the dark soul of Cucuy, a 500-year-old Aztec priest and leading drug lord who'd love to see the world destroyed. Back at Ojos Negros prison, Cucuy's second-in-command springs another bad guy so that he and his particularly vicious biker gang can chase down Jess. At least his possession by Cucuy has given Jess superhuman strength. One of those gut-wrenching, horror-flecked, edge-of-seat supernatural thrillers.
Kirkus Reviews
2015-04-30Just the blood-soaked, demon-ravaged, terrifying sequel to The Dead Run (2013). Mansbach (Rage Is Back, 2013, etc.) is better known for his zeitgeist-firing children's book Go the Fuck to Sleep (2011) and the subtle critiques of race relations and underground culture in his earlier novels. No matter—rarely has a writer demonstrated he's having as much fun as Mansbach clearly is with this demented series combining contemporary crime action, Mexican mythology, irreverent comedy, and straight-up horror. To recap, antihero Jess Galvan barely defeated the 500-year-old demon El Cucuy by absorbing his soul. Now Jess is living out in the desert with a head full of angry Aztec god. On the plus side, he's been imbued with inhuman strength and endurance, but on the minus side, he's having a hell of a time keeping Cucuy at bay. "Two souls, one body. The math was a bitch," Mansbach writes. Down in Mexico, Cucuy's right-hand man is trying to keep the family business together, but the ongoing war between the cartels is making things tough. To gain control of Galvan, who starts murdering bad guys left and right, Cucuy's empire engages Kurt Knowles, president of the True Natives motorcycle club, to kidnap his daughter, Sherry, and bring her to Cucuy's prison headquarters. Like great pulp fiction or midnight movies, the book's profane, hyperactive, and gloriously violent style will repel more sensitive readers and make those who revel in Tarantino scripts, Breaking Bad, or zombie flicks giddy with anticipation. Books like Colson Whitehead's Zone One and Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven can keep their erudite social allegories—we'll be over here gobbling popcorn and waiting to see if Mansbach can keep this up.