With his second book, following last year’s 6 Sick Hipsters, Rayo Casablanca is proving his strength as the go-to cultural thriller writer. Anywhere art and self-expression can be crammed into a single seamless narrative, expect to find Casablanca, and expect a damn fine ride.
Hipsters explored the extraction and evaluation of trends among the Williamsburg hipster elite, pushed by a serial killer’s intent on taking out prominent hipsters. Very Mercenary not only matures beyond a single city, following its protagonists across the US, but ups the empathy as well. We aren’t simply subjected to killings based on hipster hatred; we are rooting for the very people responsible for the cultural movement.…
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