Reviews for Joey's Case :A Mario Balzic Novel (Mario Balzic Series)

The average rating for Joey's Case :A Mario Balzic Novel (Mario Balzic Series) based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-11-27 00:00:00 Norman E. Grams The moments of humour may be stretched and at times even lame, but the characters and the dialogue are more real than in just about any crime novel I can think of, aside from other K.C. Constantine books. Except for his second and third efforts, all of Constantine's novels are outstanding. This one reaches further than most of them in its consideration of manhood, power, men's interactions with women, and the interactions of law and justice. Funny, borderline bleak, realistic. It may have struck me as even better in a reread now 25 years after first discovering it. The ultimate message may be that humans try, but fate, or whatever higher power you believe in, decides. Constantine (pen name for Carl Kosak) chronicled life in the Rust Belt around Pittsburgh, beginning at the time it began rusting. His acute observations spoke to a larger experience.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-10-12 00:00:00 Leo Smalls In my opinion, the best Balzic story so far, a novel that brings home to the reader, both the absurdity at times off the Law, and the fact that too many people the police are either omnipotent or simply placed on the earth as personal assistants to themselves! Rather Good!