Publisher Review

For too long, Jake Lamar, an American expatriate in Paris, has been one of French Crime Fiction's best kept secrets. But now, at last, thanks to No Exit Press, Viper's Dream, widely considered to be Jake Lamar's masterpiece, is published in English and it does not disappoint. Viper's Dream is one Long High, sweeping us through Harlem from the 1930s to the 1960s on riffs of melancholy poetry cut through with the hardboiled beats of gangsters and their streets, leaving us hooked on a pure, true Jazz Noir Classic * David Peace * Laced with a stiff shot of politics, romance and jazz, Viper's Dream is moody, poetic and immersing -- Deborah Levy Viper's Dream, with its African-American gangster anti-hero, is reminiscent of Ray Celestin's jazz-oriented thrillers and similarly introduces real jazz greats into a fascinating melange * Financial Times * Wonderful writing. From the first lines, you're there. You can almost see sweat flying off the strings of a slapped upright bass. You've been listening to the music, reading the book, for hours now -- and it's still full of surprises -- James Sallis Dark poetics, magical prose and meticulous storytelling-Viper's Dream is way more than a crime novel. It is an intriguing seduction. A revelation * Stephen Mack Jones, author of the August Snow series *