Les Standiford is the author of ten novels, including the John Deal series, and two works of nonfiction, including Last Train to Paradise. He wrote a chapter of Naked Came the Manatee, and edited The Putt at the End of the World, a collective novel of golf. He is the past recipient of the Frank O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. [A] rock-solid novel...as blunt and powerful as a punch to the head...a bombshell plot twist that will have readers flipping wildly back to the front of the book to see how Standiford pulled it off...the action is searing and nonstop, blazing ahead to a satisfyingly violent conclusion. --Publishers Weekly