Deke Walton
Created by Z.Z. DelPresto (pseudonym
of Victor Gischler and Anthony Neil Smith)
Rum-soaked P.I. DEKE WALTON is a throwback (or is that throw-up?) to the good ol' days of hard-drinkin', hard-fightin,' hard-boiled private dicks.
A collaboration between Victor Gischler and Anthony Neil Smith, two apparent grown-ups who should know better, the Z.Z. DelPresto stories drunkenly (but proudly) "play with the conventions of the hard-boiled P.I. tradition. Raunchy, funny, and always about to jump the tracks, the stories featuring Z.Z. are best enjoyed while partaking in DelPresto's second favorite activity--getting shit-faced drunk on rum."
This one's a lot of fun. Cheers, guys. Next round's on me...
(In real-life, Victor is the dude behind Charlie the Hook and other hard-boiled miscreants, and Neil's the two-fisted, but always natty and tastefully-attired editor of Plots With Guns.)
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