The wonderfully generous folk at
Hard Case Crime – i.e., Charles Ardai – have been good enough to offer Crime Always Pays three copies to give away of the forthcoming Ken Bruen / Jason Starr collaboration,
THE MAX, being the third in the increasingly weird ‘n’ wonderful pulp noir series by two of the finest crime fiction scribes in the business. First, the blurb elves:
When last we saw Max Fisher and Angela Petrakos, Max was being arrested by the NYPD for drug trafficking and Angela was fleeing the country in the wake of a brutal murder. Now both are headed for eye-opening encounters with the law—Max in the cell blocks of Attica, Angela in a quaint little prison on the Greek island of Lesbos ...
Erm, just as well this ain’t a family-friendly blog, eh? Anyhoo, to be in with a chance of winning a copy, just answer the following question.
Is the classical Greek poet Sappho most closely associated with the island of:
(a) Lesbos;
(b) Sapphos;
(c) never mind that oul’ shite, is THE MAX illustrated?
To enter, just leave your answer in the comment box below with a contact email address (please use (at) rather than @ to confound the spam-munchkins) before noon on Wednesday, June 11.
Et bon chance, mes amis …
The wonderfully generous folk at Hard Case Crime – i.e., Charles Ardai – have been good enough to offer Crime Always Pays three copies to give away of the forthcoming Ken Bruen / Jason Starr collaboration, THE MAX, being the third in the increasingly weird ‘n’ wonderful pulp noir series by two of the finest crime fiction scribes in the business. First, the blurb elves:
Re: THE MAX
ReplyDeleteThe answer is "C" of course!
acranis(at)cgi.edu
Thank you,
Alan Cranis
Los Angeles, California
The answer is A, although C is also acceptable.
ReplyDeleteNathan Cain
IndieCrim-at-gmail-dot-com.
A) Lesbos
ReplyDeleteThanks!
arkay at MidnightFiction period com
Don Anderson said...
ReplyDeleteA or C
sailcatmx5(at)hotmail.com
The answer is a) Lesbos but, judging from the cover, c) would be really nifty.
ReplyDeletemalundy(at)gmail.com
a) Lesbos
ReplyDeleteI'd offer up c) but I don't think the illustrations would be quite up my alley.
Have I told you lately how lovely I think Lily is?
patriciajhale(at)aol.com
Sappho was from the island of Lesbos, but I'll have to buy into the majority of the crowd above me and go with "C" and your choice (been stocking up), Macallan, Jameson, Glenfiddich, or Black Bush. I'll even get someone to bake it into a pie. With a metal file in it so you can break into a quaint lil prison and um.. 'rescue' poor Angela.
ReplyDeletejoshschrank at gmail one of those little dot thingies com
Definitely A, although C seems to be a popular answer. Alas...what is the island of Lesbos for 500, Alex.
ReplyDeleteLiamHoyle at yahoo dot com
It seems a lot of punters are very keen to get this book ;o)
ReplyDelete(a) plus (c) would be my answer but the more correct solution would be (a).
normprice44(at)yahoo.co.uk
I'll go (a). My missus might start reading this blog now that she's a Declan Hughes fan, so I'm leaving it at that.
ReplyDeleteJosh - if I win and you need a taker for that Black Bush, I'll send the book to you when I've read it and promise not to even consider putting red lemonade or ice in the whiskey. What say you?
gerardforpresident(at)yahoo.co.uk
gb
Is the classical Greek poet Sappho most closely associated with the island of:
ReplyDelete(a) Lesbos
rawsonkeith at gmail dot com
Crumbs. If I'd known most of you were fellow perverts, I'd have gone that route long ago ... Cheers, Dec
ReplyDeleteGerard... let me think this one through. You're willing to mail me a dog earred free copy of the book in exchange for only one bottle of black bush? I don't know... I'd consider it if you signed the title page too.
ReplyDeleteOh and Dec? Most of us are guys, of course we're perverts.
I'll vote d) the book's mine
ReplyDeletecoleman.keane at ntlworld.com
Josh? Pervertedness + bribes of free booze? We must have been separated at birth ... Cheers, Dec
ReplyDeletethe answer is
ReplyDeletea.
c would be interesting, do't you just love the covers of Hard Case Crime!!
Allen
allenmckay(at)hotmail.com
Josh - I think the original offer is more than fair, but I'll stretch my principles to offer some forged signatures. Consider at your leisure.
ReplyDeletegb
A and C...
ReplyDeletetrentr17(at) hotmail.com
Gerard,
ReplyDeleteOf course you're right. I let my greed get a hold of me for a moment, apologies all around. It's a deal. The book for a black bush.
A
ReplyDeleteBut being me, I could argue any of them!
speer.david@gmail.com