I’ve never actually read a western novel but I find many of the movies to be plodding and dull to the point that most of the characters and plots are nakedly obvious in the first few minutes, thus beginning an endless barrage of the protaganist asserting his masculinity. Jordan Krall’s third release and first full-length novel is a must for spaghetti and weird western fans. 3.75Ĭlick here to read my interview with Jordan Krall. Fistful of Feet will appeal to fans of bizarro and weird westerns alike.
The only books I can compare it to in terms of tone are the two Joe Lansdale books featuring Ned the Seal, Zepplins West and Flaming London. There's some Lovecraftian subtext and homages to various westerns. I loved how syphilitic men were used in a zombie type of role.Īs outlandish as the concepts sound, Jordan Krall weaves it all together into a bizarre but coherent plot. There's a fair amount of gore and cursing but I think that's unavoidable in a book of this kind. Calamaro's the typical western strong and silent lead. There are sexually transmitted tattoos, whores that cater to any bizarre fetish a cowboy may have, a woman nursing a giant starfish, and Calamaro, the gunslinger with the burping gun. Jordan Krall's Fistful of Feet is the weirdest of weird westerns. Will anyone be left alive when Calamaro leaves town?
A drifter named Calamaro drags a wooden donkey into Screwhorse, Nevada, and enters a web of trouble involving people with bizarre fetishes, an ineffective sheriff, a depraved mayor, a rich man and his goons, and a gunfighter called the Hard Candy Kid.
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