David Gordon’s first novel, The Serialist , won the VCU/Cabell First Novel Award and was a finalist for an Edgar Award. The Bouncer is his first novel with The Mysterious Press and Gordon is one of the few new writers Otto (who calls The Bouncer “one of the best capers ever”) has decided to take on. For fans of Elmore Leonard, Richard Stark, and Chester Himes— The Bouncer combines dark, wry comedy with nonstop action. Gordon’s specialty is snappy dialogue coupled with a plot where multiple...
