{"id":333,"date":"2021-10-07T17:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikekarpa.com\/?p=333"},"modified":"2022-01-07T17:50:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:50:44","slug":"criminals-earns-starred-review-from-kirkus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikekarpa.com\/?p=333","title":{"rendered":"Criminals earns starred review from Kirkus!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Criminals launched as an ebook and paperback from Mumblers Press in October 2021 (or September, depending on who you ask). I nervously awaited the review from Kirkus Reviews, which was then in process. When it came out, I was all smiles. It was great! And when I looked it up on the Kirkus website, lo and behold, that review had a star. The full review is kind of spoilery, so I will just excerpt a part of it below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">Karpa\u2019s comic noir has the feel of an Elmore Leonard novel, with colorful grifters and creeps tangled in tawdry machinations in a vividly rendered demimonde. Tokyo is a vibrant setting of traditional niceties and crass modernity, where \u201cthe diesel-scented air flowing freely into [Conner\u2019s] lungs felt excellent.\u201d The mysteries are psychological and spiritual as well as conspiratorial, as much about Conner\u2019s thoughts about his sexuality and Marika\u2019s longing \u201cto see the vastness of the earth\u201d as they are about drug-smuggling schemes. Karpa renders amusing action and intricate procedures in spare, observant, and mordantly funny prose that finds meaning in every gesture, as when a woman bows \u201ctoo low, as women her age always seemed to do, as though competing for a national title in submission.\u201d Readers will root for Conner and Marika to make it through&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purty good stuff!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criminals launched as an ebook and paperback from Mumblers Press in October 2021 (or September, depending on who you ask). I nervously awaited the review from Kirkus Reviews, which was then in process. When it came out, I was all smiles. It was great! 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