Jim Knipfel's new novel, The Blow-Off (Simon and Schuster, $14.95) is now in a book store near you.

Here's what the critics are saying so far:

A funny and subversive caper novel that speaks the language of days gone by.—Kirkus

The curmudgeonly narrator of Knipfel's pulpy horror-comedy would hate knowing he's such amusing company . . . Knipfel balances the ugly, the frightening, and the unseemly to give readers a morbidly playful story with a surprising amount of heart.—Publishers Weekly

Mordant, dark, and quirky . . . In The Blow-off Knipfel takes hilarious aim at the ravenging New York media and what he portrays as the desperately thin veneer of reason and public order.—Booklist

Jim Knipfel’s writing ages like fine wine. That is, into fine vinegar . . . There may or may not be a monster at the end of this book, but Knipfel's writing has quite a bite.—Entertainment Weekly

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