Review: Full Contact
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2013
With hints of Raymond Chandler, Micky Spillane and Elmore Leonard, Kucan entertainingly relates the picaresque tale of Zach, a flawed and fractured warrior anti-hero who knows all too well that every silver lining has its cloud, living proof of the cynical old adage that no good deed goes unpunished.  But for all that, he doesn't flinch from stepping up to the next challenge and the next challenger.  A man's got to earn a living, after all.This is the first of a series of brilliantly-written, self-contained vignettes telling of Zach's journey through the mean streets and the cages and rings where modern-day gladiators batter each other senseless for the viewing pleasure of the jaded cognoscenti.  Kucan clearly knows his stuff when it comes both to the techniques and philosophy of martial arts, and parlays it with his undoubted skill in spinning a a yarn.Highly recommended.The other six are just as good - read them all!