How to Smash Everyone to Pieces Mike Segretto

How to Smash Everyone to Pieces

First Published 2004
185 Pages

ISBN: 0-9744614-6-6
Reviewer
Lesley
January 2006

Mary is an ex-stunt woman, mass murderer and one hundred percent psychopath. When her twin sister, Desiree, is imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit (and Mary knows this to be true as she did it herself) Mary decides to do everything within her power to free her.

However, as you might expect, there is no way that she is just going to catch a bus to Arizona and employ a lawyer to get her sister released – oh no! Mary battles her way across the country leaving a trail of bodies in her wake.

This is a bizarre book. Essentially the story of one woman's campaign to free her sister it has been written as a vaguely discordant and frequently disconcerting story with more than it's fair share of over-the-top violence, extreme language and a rather obsessive love between the two sisters.

When I finished reading this I was left with a very strange sensation. It felt weird talking about whether I had enjoyed it as it's extreme nature left me feeling quite uncomfortable but strangely enough I still found it impossible to put down.

I must warn all possible readers of this book that it has a high possibility of causing offence. The language is extreme. The violence is, if possible, worse with some very vivid descriptions and the incestuous nature of the relationship between the two sisters definitely left me feeling a little grubby!

The book is published by a company called Contemporary Press who definitely do not pull their punches when it comes to the type of books they choose to publish. They specialise in more extreme stories and, in their own words: "Words? We like them raw". I love books. I love reading and I was delighted to discover a publisher willing to take risks and I will definitely be looking out for more of their books.

 

Synopsis
Ex-stunt woman, mass murderer, and champion wise-cracker Mary is furious to discover that her twin sister Desiree—accused of murdering her husband—has been wrangled back to an Arizona prison by a grizzled detective named Tuttle. Fueled by an unnaturally obsessive love for her twin, Mary sets off on a homicidal cross-country campaign to free Desiree from the clutches of the law, recruiting a bizarre bunch of cohorts on the way.

Exploding with action, uproarious one-liners, and more cartoon violence than an episode of Tom and Jerry, How to Smash Everyone to Pieces is one of the most perverse and hilarious tales ever to come tearing down the highway.