All most Hollywood scribes had to show for the 2007 writers’ strike was a strike beard, but Lou Berney went and wrote himself a novel – and a well-reviewed one at that.
Publishers Weekly calls Gutshot Straight a “fast-moving caper novel, which smoothly blends humor, action and romantic frisson,” and Booklist piped in that “[t]he estimable Elmore Leonard might be very pleased to call Gutshot Straight his own.” Talent, apparently, is built into the DNA: Berney’s cousins include local writer Stephen Harrigan (The Gates of the Alamo) and indie film mover and shaker Bob Berney (Picturehouse, Apparition).
Lou Berney will give a reading at the Barnes & Noble (Arboretum) on Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 7pm, the day after Gutshot Straight hits shelves. For more info about the book, go here.
This article appears in December 25 • 2009.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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