This Is What We Do
Brand: Counterpoint
Color: Black
Categories: Books, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense



Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
ISBN-13: 978-1619029415
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1619029413
Publisher: Counterpoint
Print length: 304 pages
Publication date: September 12, 2017
subtitle: Paperback – September 12, 2017
author: Tom Hansen Lenore Zion
review: Editorial Reviews Review Praise for This Is What We Do “A compelling, existential thrill ride.” — Booklist "A tight retro noir that's as equally comfortable channeling The Stranger as it is George V. Higgins. But there's also a sly anarchic subtext rumbling below the drugs–and–molls narrative, a welling need to bring plutocrat America to its knees. Where, of course, it belongs. This Is What We Do is a love story. Or, to be more accurate, it's a story that's in love with its own existential indifference. But it's also Atlas Shrugged jammed in reverse and with the tires smoked. It's Ayn Rand for people with a brain. And a gun. It's a kick. Read it.” —Sean Beaudoin, author of You Killed Wesley Payne and The Infects "Hansen's debut novel covers even wilder, trickier ground than his memoir, American Junkie . Anti–hero James Nethery seems an ordinary, lonely man drinking Coke at the bar, until he meets "Lily," a Ukrainian prostitute, and what began as a quiet, atmospheric meditation on down–and–out expats in Paris explodes into a nonstop, genre–blending noir–crime–vigilante–political–sexy–nihilistic–almost surreal thrill ride, infused in equal measures with brutality and beauty." —Gina Frangello, author of My Sister’s Continent , Slut Lullabies , and A Life in Men "There’s what people say, and then there’s what they do . The phrase will infect your consciousness, contorting and twisting itself around to take on more and more dimensions. What does it mean to act on our desires when one person’s wish fulfillment means another’s nightmare? What does it mean to be free, or to escape? At its core, This Is What We Do gives us two people left with nothing, cutting close to the uncoolness of loving without fear." —Grace Krilanovich, author of The Orange Eats Creeps Book Description Marketing Endorsements sought from Jesse Michaels, Michelle Tea, and Jonathan Evison Goodreads giveaways, Kindle Daily Deal and Nook Deal nominations Newsletter co-op available Publicity National media outreach to edgy/pop-culture publications ( Vice , Paste , Rolling Stone ), along with local media throughout Seattle Targeted outreach to publications, radio and local TV based in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle Outreach to to revolutionary/anarchy audience, sober communities, fans of existentialist and dark/noir literature About the Author Tom Hansen was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. As a musician in the late 70’s and early 80’s, he was a pioneer in the punk rock scene in Seattle. Eventually, music gave way to heroin and he turned to dealing to support his habit. He got clean in 1999, returned to school and received an MFA from the University of British Columbia in 2008. He published his first book, the memoir American Junkie , in 2010. Read more