Books by Patrick Hoffman and Complete Book Reviews
Patrick Hoffman. Atlantic Monthly, $24 (256p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2304-6
A heist propels Hoffman’s outstanding first novel. Sophia, a Russian émigré, plans to rob a San Francisco branch of US Bank with some inside assistance from its manager, Rada Harkov, and the help of two people recruited (decidedly against their...
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Patrick Hoffman. Atlantic Monthly, $25 (288p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2544-6
Hoffman follows his well-received debut, 2014’s The White Van, with an unrelentingly grim noir set in San Francisco that explores the violent underside of the drug trade from a variety of overlapping perspectives. The first section, which is the...
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Patrick Hoffman. Atlantic Monthly, $27 (288p) ISBN 978-0-8021-6412-4
Hoffman’s winningly offbeat latest (after Clean Hands) centers on two likable losers who wind up with an accidental fortune in cryptocurrency. Denver deadbeats Bunny Simpson and Jerry LeClair agree to beat up a local judge for $2,500, but they...
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