When con-man Ralph does a runner on the check at a shabby diner in an unfamiliar town, he doesn't expect it to catch up to him. But the waitress Arlene tracks him down and ropes him into a bizarre heist involving ugly family secrets, a violent stepfather, a well-secured safe, and most of all Arlene's mother Gracie-a sultry karaoke queen who tickles Ralph's fancy for older women. Ralph will need all his guile to make it through a job that has him wishing that he'd just paid for his meal. The Blind Rooster offers a crude slice of American small town Noir, sunny side down, with echoes of Jim Thompson and Elmore Leonard.
- ISBN10 9881458404
- ISBN13 9789881458407
- Publish Date 2 November 2015
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country HK
- Imprint Visionary World Ltd
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 188
- Language English