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On a manic ride from the mixing boards of hip-hop recording studios to mansions in the Hamptons and the projects of the urban ghetto, Detective Black Sallie Blue Eyes ventures behind-the-scenes of the record business in search of a street-side assassin. Casting a widely satirical net on all spectra and species of the Manhattan social scene—from tweaking downtown hipsters, wrestling fetishists, and rapper wannabes to real estate moguls and hip-hop impresarios—this satirical urban noir novel offers intrigue, insight, and an innovative brand of humor.
Blatte's inartful debut presents a murder investigation through the eyes of three characters: a traditional NYPD detective, Sal Messina (aka Black Sallie Blue Eyes); a young thug called Scholar, who manages Proof Positive, a hip-hop group; and Spahiu Congoli (aka Vooko), a refugee from Kosovo. When Vooko's cousin Pashko is gunned down in a Manhattan parking lot, Vooko vows revenge on those responsible. Black Sallie, who's developed an uncanny shit detector, pursues leads ranging from players in the music industry to Sheldon Kessler, an influential real estate mogul. What little insight Blatte, a Clio Award-winning songwriter and producer, offers into the music business doesn't compensate for mundane prose ("Four dudes emerged from the heat and flames and came to a swift halt once they saw several officers with drawn guns") and a routine plot. (Mar.)
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reviewed Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed on March 02, 2009 Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed
"Humpty Dumpty was pushed. Nothing happens by accident and lightening can strike twice in the same spot."
Who murdered the big man with the yellow socks? This story takes us from a hip-hop recording studio to a New York City nightclub to a socialite's home in the Hamptons.
Detective Salvatore Messina, aka Black Sallie Blue Eyes, is a smart cop with a criminal profiler mind. He dreams of keeping the streets safe, but this case has got him working to keep his captain, the record producers and the socialites from breathing down his neck AND, as fate has it, his ex-wife is back in New York City.
Scholar, gritty ex-con, has a dream to be a top hip hop executive, but money and the higher ups are getting in his way. Even his cousin Biz, record producer, can't help him reach his goal.
Vooko, Albanian nightclub bouncer, dreams about finding his cousin's killer. Moving from a war torn country to the streets of New York City wasn't much of a transition. It's bad enough with the language barrier, but the traditions and ways of life are even more challenging.
Kal Kessler, wealthy socialite drug addict, dreams of earning his father's approval. Unfortunately, he hangs with "the boys", enjoys fast cars and hard drugs.
Marc Blatte's first novel is "da bomb". The suspense, colorful hip-hop slang, character nicknames and humorous banter kept me turning the pages. He has created the first "wonderful hip-hop noir mystery" that even a farm girl from Iowa couldn't put down.
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