The Pot Job

""Bart Schaneman's writing crackles like a live wire knocked down from the pole and sparking in the street. His voice is a voice of the earth-lean, evocative, true, elemental. Like Didion and Steinbeck, Bart's fiction serves as its own sort of history and will one day be seen as a substantial document of How We Were.""Adam Gnade, author of After Tonight, Everything Will Be Different""Schaneman blends generational ethos like fine soil.""Bram Riddlebarger, author of Western Erotica Ho""The Pot Job rolls us into a plot full of dark humor and vivid characters worth rooting for despite the f*ckery hidden behind the haze of smoke and shenanigans. Schaneman has created a tastier slice of Americana worth every ounce."" Hillary Leftwich, author of Aura and Saint Dymphna's PlaybookHere is an incomplete list of things Bart Schaneman knows well: the aimlessness of a quarter life crisis in America, weed, the confusion that happens when you have it all figured out, day drinking, the uncertain entanglements of love and friendship, Denver, the definition of a cannagar, hipster bars, the tragedy of traveling the world and coming home feeling hollow, post-crime paranoia, low-wage labor jobs, strip clubs. What's most impressive isn't that Bart knows these things, but the way he imbues his characters with this knowledge so seamlessly and realistically-and God, is it good to read a book that celebrates the beautiful mess of being alive."" Mason Parker, author of Until the Red Swallows It All""At the intersection of legal cannabis and criminal enterprise, Schaneman captures the majijuna industry with nuance. Yet, it's less of a book about weed and more a book that grapples with questions of integrity. The Pot Job is one of those rare novels where you both want to lick your fingers to turn the pages faster while also slowing down to savor every word."" Wendy J. Fox, author of What If We Were Somewhere Else