THE SHOTGUN RULE By Charlie Huston Ballantine. 248 pp. $21.95 Charlie Huston's disturbing sixth novel is further proof that he's one of the most original crime novelists at work today. Huston, who's 40, grew up in California, took a shot at acting in New York, wound up bartending and wrote a nove... -
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THE SHOTGUN RULE By Charlie Huston Ballantine. 248 pp. $21.95 Charlie Huston's disturbing sixth novel is further proof that he's one of the most original crime novelists at work today. Huston, who's 40, grew up in California, took a shot at acting in New York, wound up bartending and wrote a nove...-
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