The Devil Raises His Own

Praise

Praise for The Devil Raises His Own

“The Devil Raises His Own weaves a tapestry that is ribald, affectionate, brutal, and relentlessly smutty. Scott Phillips, master of the historical American noir, offers a fictional but not implausible account of how the blue movie business developed in the shadowy margins of early Hollywood. Prudes be warned—Phillips relishes debunking the innocence of the ‘good old days’; the tin-type and silver nitrate imagery he evokes is splattered with all types of bodily fluids.”
—Eddie Muller, author of Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir

Praise for Scott Phillips

“Phillips’s juicy vernacular is perfect for Bill’s louche narrative voice, and his easy, flowing style suits the loose morality and freewheeling spirit of a hotheaded young nation.”
—New York Times Book Review

“Taut and vicious . . . The essence of noir.”
—Los Angeles Times
 
“Phillips is dark, dangerous, and important . . . Crime fiction at its best.”
—Michael Connelly
 
“The unparalleled master of the noir anti-hero.”
—Megan Abbott

“Phillips’s skillful use of real historical events will resonate with fans of George Macdonald Fraser’s Flashman series.” 
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“Phillips mixes real events, period turns of phrase, a noirish sensibility, and a cast of murderous women, madmen, drunks, grifters, and fools into a wildly entertaining, perhaps sui generis, slumgullion that might well be closer to reality than readers would imagine.”
—Booklist