"Entertaining debut mystery." —Library Journal
"Marc Blatte puts his street cred on the line with this hugely entertaining, rollercoaster ride through New York's most dangerous, most colorful precincts. His bouncers, police detectives, and hip-hop musicians are unforgettable men and women who collide, with unfortunate results, in one unforgettable novel." —Ken Kalfus, 2006 National Book Award Finalist in Fiction
"Reading Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed, the pages flew. I went through them like money. Marc is a natural born storyteller, as incapable of writing a boring sentence as he was in his former life of writing a lackluster melody." —Peter deJonge, coauthor, Beach House
"After living in California all these years, it's a pleasure to be hit with this big dose of New York energy. A broad spectrum of characters appears here, dangerous flaws and wild humanity intact." —Marianne Rogoff, San Francisco Chronicle
"A rollicking page-turner that engrosses the reader from page one—a unique, hip, urban whodunit that ushers in a new voice to the mystery genre." —John Burdett, author, Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Ghosts
"Marc Blatte writes like a freight train on fire. Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed is as elegantly twisted and satisfying as the best urban crime novels . . . as crackling and colorful as the city of New York itself." —Fred Berner, executive producer, Law & Order
"A dark, witty, and often brilliant novel . . . such shocking good fun, you won't feel guilty about laughing at all the carnage." —Mystery Scene
"Marc Blatte's first novel is 'da bomb.' He has created the first 'wonderful hip-hop noir mystery' that even a farm girl from Iowa couldn't put down." —bestsellersworld.com
"The audacious dialogue makes Humpty Dumpty seem like a cross between a Grand Theft Auto game and a Richard Price book." —Philly.Com (Philadelphia Inquirer Online)
On a manic ride from the mixing boards of hip-hop recording studios to mansions in the Hamptons and the projects of the urban ghetto, Detective Black Sallie Blue Eyes ventures behind-the-scenes of the record business in search of a street-side assassin. Casting a widely satirical net on all spectra and species of the Manhattan social scene—from tweaking downtown hipsters, wrestling fetishists, and rapper wannabes to real estate moguls and hip-hop impresarios—this satirical urban noir novel offers intrigue, insight, and an innovative brand of humor.
Marc Blatte is an award-winning songwriter, a composer and a producer, a Grammy Award nominee, and a Clio Award winner. Recently, he cofounded and launched a hip-hop record label. He lives in New York City.
Mystery, Humor
275 pages, E Book, 6 x 9
Distribution Rights: US & CA
$12.95
9780982433218 (0982433212) Pub Date: March 2009
Schaffner Press, Inc.