Brainquake

Samuel Fuller Press Reviews

'BRAINQUAKE is essential reading for all crime fiction fans and another reason to celebrate this unique and gifted yarn-spinner.'

- Bookgasm

'HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION POSSIBLE. Listen up: I devoured BRAINQUAKE in two sittings. It was that riveting, that compelling, that interesting.'

- Lunch.com

'It's the beauty of both Brainquake and Fuller as an artist--the ugly, savage, lingering fear which keeps Brainquake teetering and readers salivating for more.'

- Cinema Sentries

'This is Fuller at his best and worth a read if you're a fan of his work or a fan of great crime novels. It's uncompromising and hard hitting; you will not want to put this book down.'

- City of Films

'If you're a fan of this pulp genre, this will be one solid read.'

- Retrenders

'If you enjoy a good crime story with some twists and turns give Brainquake a look-see.'

- Pop Cults

'Brainquake is a good read and one well worth checking out for fans of old mafia films or fans of the Hard Case Crime novel series.'

- BGG

'Brainquake is crackerjack entertaining, but also skillfully measured and constructed.

- The Playlist

'It's a Saturday matinee and pulp fiction in the purest sense, although there is a depth to it, particularly when Fuller is riffing on his characters.'

- Lit Reactor

'It's uncompromising and hard hitting; you will not want to put this book down.'

- City of Films

'A word to the wary noir aficionado: If you start this book, don't plan to do anything else for a while. Like sleeping.'

- News OK

'The dialogue blasts out like gunshots and his tabloid inspired prose has the punchy feel of his editing. The emotions are raw and heightened. Everything is heightened, yet retains the truth in its main characters. Brainquake is full on Fuller.'

- Mystery People

'Filled with powerful imagery and violence --- Brainquake is crackerjack entertaining, but also skillfully measured and constructed'

- Indiewire

'Brainquake is exactly what it needs to be; there is mystery, crime, intrigue, and plot twists a plenty.'

- Pop Cults

'Well worth checking out.'

- BGG After Dark

'You will not want to put this book down until the final bloody pages score across your brain pan. While I hesitate to ever proclaim a novel perfect, Brainquake makes quite the violent case for the designation.'

- Mania

'An overheated, overstuffed and never less than entertaining slab of Fuller's expansive pulp imagination.'

- Turner Classic Movies