The Race by John Russo

He has nothing to do with the Night of the Living Dead… But he is very funny!

I connected with John only as recently as this week out there in the Twitterverse. I’d reached out to suggest that I’d started writing book reviews and John answered the call.

Unlike my first victim, Priscilla M. Goins, I don’t know very much about John Russo. I’ve never even seen a picture of him. All I know is that he’s American and that he writes a sharply funny story in that great laconic American style. His dialogue is precise and witty throughout. And, it needs to be. John’s story is very much driven by the conversation between two brothers somewhere in the southern States.

I imagine the story takes place in a very near future setting. I worked in the UK a couple of years ago with a young man who left his job as an office clerk with me to take on a role with Amazon, researching how they could have drones deliver all parcels in future. John also clearly knows this future method of delivery is not far off!

When the brothers decide to shoot down one of these delivery drones, a whole race (hence the title) against all manner of crazy obstacles kicks off. If I say anymore it will spoil what is after all only a very short piece of comic prose.

And so to the rating of it: It has to be 5-stars. It can’t be anything less. It is very well written and there is a laugh out loud moment on every page. Mr. Russo does say on his Amazon bio that he intended to be funny! And funny he is! I strongly recommend this story. It’s a quick read and it will lift any mood! https://www.amazon.com/John-Russo/e/B09PSVS21X/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk

https://www.amazon.com/John-Russo/e/B09PSVS21X/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk