"Toxic masculinity, that repressed and repressive male energy that does so much to fuel brutality and abuse, sometimes finds itself on the brink of a vulnerable homoeroticism."
"Propelled through a world of old scores and hard knocks, our protagonist is a shark who has to keep moving simply to survive."
"The strength of the novel lies in this episodic quality: the gritty realism of each scene is confidently portrayed and exuberantly realised."
"There's a great moment when the erotic spark between the two suddenly ignites at a student party they gatecrash."
Djamel White's debut novel, All Them Dogs, presents a neo-noir narrative where two violent men, Tony Ward and Darren Flute Walsh, navigate a world of crime and desire. After returning to Dublin, Tony, under a crime boss's protection, engages in a grim routine of debt collection. Their mission to kill a failing dealer leads to a complex interplay of love and betrayal. The novel's strength lies in its dynamic prose and vivid portrayal of gritty settings, though the plotting may feel overcomplicated, risking the central love story's clarity.
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