"By virtue of being smart, scathing, and verbally inventive to an astonishing degree, David J. Schow distinguished himself early on as one of the most interesting writers of his generation. In BULLETS OF RAIN, he has given us his boldest, most audacious fiction to date. Here, all of Schow's glittering weapons are sharper than ever before." -- Peter Straub

"David Schow's BULLETS OF RAIN is a thriller, a literary metaphor, and one dark speeding bullet of a novel. Edgy, insightful, and fearless, it's a book I couldn't put down." -- Joe R. Lansdale, Edgar Award winner and author of A Fine Dark Line

"A thriller, a literary metaphor, and one dark speeding bullet...Edgy, insightful, and fearless...I couldn't put [it] down." -- Joe R. Lansdale

"A jagged nightmare spiked with charm, melancholy and vicious intelligence. Don't accept this novel's invitation to party unless you're prepared to be dragged to some very dark places --and to love every step of the way. Like being punched in the face by a poet." -- Michael Marshall Smith, author of Only Forward

"BULLETS OF RAIN is a highly original, boldly conceived psychological thriller observed with the rapt eye and assassin's sting of the artist as fer-de-lance." -- John Farris, author of The Fury and the Power

"Take no prisoners fiction that rarely pulls away from the grisly heart of the matter, Schow's prose is extremely cinematic, filled with pungent dialogue, sharp, memorable characters, and a sense of macabre irony worthy of Alfred Hitchcock." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"Schow is so fine a writer, so imaginative a storyteller, that he deserves a place in all contemporary fiction collections." -- Library Journal

"[A] sinuous psychological thriller. Schow works suspenseful sleight-of-hand...[The] thunderclap climax...is a