
Showdown City
Todd Berger(Author)
Diversion Books (Publisher)
Published on 7. June 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-68230-066-4 (ISBN)
Description
From It's A Disaster screenwriter Todd Berger comes "...a smart, witty, absurdist Western for the discerning reader." (Amber Benson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
"Wow. This is a cracker of a story."-David Cross, co-creator of Mr. Show and actor, Arrested Development
Just because you're off the grid doesn't mean you're not a target.
In this fiercely inventive novel of suspense and satire, Westworld by way of Django Unchained, a down-on-his-luck helicopter pilot named Huey Palmer finds himself hired by a small cadre of treasure hunters who set out into the Nevada desert to find a gun. It's not just any gun that eccentric billionaire Ernie Swords wants, it's a long-lost antique, one with a story worth a fortune, and Swords has the money and the means to get it.
Where Huey and his cohorts soon find themselves, however, is stranded far from civilization in a forgotten town dubbed Showdown City, where the infamous gun is one of hundreds readily available for the townsfolk to settle any and all disputes. After living in isolation for over a hundred years, the town has morphed into a warped, lawless community overseen by a delusional tyrant and his quick-draw henchman-and they do not take kindly to strangers.
Huey is the one who got them into this mess in Showdown City, and now, with the unlikeliest help, he has a plan to shoot their way out.
"Wow. This is a cracker of a story. In fact I am now awaiting the sequel with baited breath (sorry, just ate some nightcrawlers as part of a bet I lost. What's that? It's bated breath? Oh, never mind then)."-David Cross, co-creator of Mr. Show and actor, Arrested Development
"Showdown City is a fast-talking slip n' slide of a ride that grabs you by the balls and doesn't let go-each page dragging you further into a bizarre-o world full of oddball characters and even odder situations. It's a smart, witty, absurdist Western for the discerning reader."-Amber Benson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Wow. This is a cracker of a story."-David Cross, co-creator of Mr. Show and actor, Arrested Development
Just because you're off the grid doesn't mean you're not a target.
In this fiercely inventive novel of suspense and satire, Westworld by way of Django Unchained, a down-on-his-luck helicopter pilot named Huey Palmer finds himself hired by a small cadre of treasure hunters who set out into the Nevada desert to find a gun. It's not just any gun that eccentric billionaire Ernie Swords wants, it's a long-lost antique, one with a story worth a fortune, and Swords has the money and the means to get it.
Where Huey and his cohorts soon find themselves, however, is stranded far from civilization in a forgotten town dubbed Showdown City, where the infamous gun is one of hundreds readily available for the townsfolk to settle any and all disputes. After living in isolation for over a hundred years, the town has morphed into a warped, lawless community overseen by a delusional tyrant and his quick-draw henchman-and they do not take kindly to strangers.
Huey is the one who got them into this mess in Showdown City, and now, with the unlikeliest help, he has a plan to shoot their way out.
"Wow. This is a cracker of a story. In fact I am now awaiting the sequel with baited breath (sorry, just ate some nightcrawlers as part of a bet I lost. What's that? It's bated breath? Oh, never mind then)."-David Cross, co-creator of Mr. Show and actor, Arrested Development
"Showdown City is a fast-talking slip n' slide of a ride that grabs you by the balls and doesn't let go-each page dragging you further into a bizarre-o world full of oddball characters and even odder situations. It's a smart, witty, absurdist Western for the discerning reader."-Amber Benson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Reviews / Votes
"Wow. This is a cracker of a story. In fact I am now awaiting the sequel with baited breath (sorry, just ate some nightcrawlers as part of a bet I lost. What's that? It's bated breath? Oh, never mind then)."-David Cross, co-creator of Mr. Show and actor, Arrested Development"Showdown City is a fast-talking slip n' slide of a ride that grabs you by the balls and doesn't let go-each page dragging you further into a bizarre-o world full of oddball characters and even odder situations. It's a smart, witty, absurdist Western for the discerning reader."-Amber Benson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
205 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68230-066-4 (9781682300664)
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Person
Todd Berger hails from New Orleans, Louisiana and currently works as a screenwriter, actor, and director in Los Angeles. He is the writer/director of the feature films THE SCENESTERS and IT'S A DISASTER and currently has projects in development at The Jim Henson Company, MGM, and Millennium Films.