DIRT It's morning in L.A., and professional loafer Quince Bishop can't think of anything more depressing than watching yet another loved one, this time his best friend, being lowered into the ground - until a band of eco-activists crash the ceremony to deliver a lecture on the high cost of dying in America. Quince decides to take on these unwelcome guests, but soon finds himself befriending their leader, Maria Casteneda, who takes him into their underground world where the entrance fee is a beating. Not exactly Mayberry, but Quince persists, abetted by his ambitious ex-girlfriend and pushy reporter Melanie Roth. Unable to let buried skeletons lie, Quince collides with two entrepreneurial ex-cons who are hatching a burial plot of their own. Chaos, confusion, and double-dealing are on the program, and only one thing is certain: all paths lead to the cemetery in this hilarious mystery. * Editor’s Selection - Amazon.com’s 100 Best Books of 2001 * Rights Information Publisher: UglyTown Productions, Paperback 1st ed (June 1, 2001) UglyTown Productions, Paperback 2nd ed (June 3, 2005) Territory: World Rights Available: Film/TV via Jeff Berg at International Creative Management Reviews: "[An] uproarious first novel" - Publishers Weekly "It’s very rare for a first novel to be perfect; to have a great story, sparkling writing, interesting layered characters, a carefully balanced and realized setting, a beautifully modulated pace, and not a single misstep. This first novel comes very close.... Doolittle is a writer with a story to tell and the skills to tell it well–clearly a writer to watch." - ForeWords Magazine "[A] really top-notch thriller...a stumbling, bumbling, lovable anti-hero...the book is a delight." - Lincoln Journal-Star "Doolittle gives us a great comic-noir romp...one of the best noir novels of the year. It’s a creative and quirky tour de force." - Plots With Guns "Sean Doolittle takes a great deal of time with his characters … expertly captures the moral and emotional complexities of trading on the deceased...[and] balances realism and authenticity with the twists and turns of a mystery thriller..." - The Reader "In a passionate flurry of curious motives, seedy characters, and a touch of the heroic, Doolittle delivers an A+ effort that should be considered one of the top crime novels of the year...Highly recommended." - Cemetery Dance Magazine "[Doolittle] is indeed very good at what he does." - About.com "Truly this is a book that deserves your attention." - Reviewing the Evidence Blurbs: "Blend 3 parts action and suspense, 1 part outrage, 1 part compassion, and 2 parts offbeat humor - then shake, don't stir - and the balance of flavors is something like what you'll find in Dirt... you will enjoy as much as I did." - Brian Hodge, author of Wild Horses and Nightlife "Elmore Leonard meets The Loved One in Sean Doolittle's wildly entertaining first novel. Dirt excavates the many facets of the human soul. You'll find love, greed, and grief in these pages...along with bullets and action to spare." - Norman Partridge, author of The Ten Ounce Siesta and The Crow: Wicked Prayer "Sean Doolittle is ferocious, smart, original and funny. What more do you want? I'd say he's one to watch but you'd do better just to read him." - Jack Ketchum, author of The Girl Next Door and The Lost Purchase at Amazon.com

DIRT

It's morning in L.A., and professional loafer Quince Bishop can't think of anything more depressing than watching yet another loved one, this time his best friend, being lowered into the ground - until a band of eco-activists crash the ceremony to deliver a lecture on the high cost of dying in America. Quince decides to take on these unwelcome guests, but soon finds himself befriending their leader, Maria Casteneda, who takes him into their underground world where the entrance fee is a beating. Not exactly Mayberry, but Quince persists, abetted by his ambitious ex-girlfriend and pushy reporter Melanie Roth. Unable to let buried skeletons lie, Quince collides with two entrepreneurial ex-cons who are hatching a burial plot of their own. Chaos, confusion, and double-dealing are on the program, and only one thing is certain: all paths lead to the cemetery in this hilarious mystery.

* Editor’s Selection - Amazon.com’s 100 Best Books of 2001 *

Rights Information

Publisher: UglyTown Productions, Paperback 1st ed (June 1, 2001)
UglyTown Productions, Paperback 2nd ed (June 3, 2005)

Territory: World

Rights Available: Film/TV via Jeff Berg at International Creative Management

Reviews:
"[An] uproarious first novel" - Publishers Weekly

"It’s very rare for a first novel to be perfect; to have a great story, sparkling writing, interesting layered characters, a carefully balanced and realized setting, a beautifully modulated pace, and not a single misstep. This first novel comes very close.... Doolittle is a writer with a story to tell and the skills to tell it well–clearly a writer to watch." - ForeWords Magazine

"[A] really top-notch thriller...a stumbling, bumbling, lovable anti-hero...the book is a delight." - Lincoln Journal-Star

"Doolittle gives us a great comic-noir romp...one of the best noir novels of the year. It’s a creative and quirky tour de force." - Plots With Guns

"Sean Doolittle takes a great deal of time with his characters … expertly captures the moral and emotional complexities of trading on the deceased...[and] balances realism and authenticity with the twists and turns of a mystery thriller..." - The Reader

"In a passionate flurry of curious motives, seedy characters, and a touch of the heroic, Doolittle delivers an A+ effort that should be considered one of the top crime novels of the year...Highly recommended." - Cemetery Dance Magazine

"[Doolittle] is indeed very good at what he does." - About.com

"Truly this is a book that deserves your attention." - Reviewing the Evidence

Blurbs:
"Blend 3 parts action and suspense, 1 part outrage, 1 part compassion, and 2 parts offbeat humor - then shake, don't stir - and the balance of flavors is something like what you'll find in Dirt... you will enjoy as much as I did." - Brian Hodge, author of Wild Horses and Nightlife

"Elmore Leonard meets The Loved One in Sean Doolittle's wildly entertaining first novel. Dirt excavates the many facets of the human soul. You'll find love, greed, and grief in these pages...along with bullets and action to spare." - Norman Partridge, author of The Ten Ounce Siesta and The Crow: Wicked Prayer

"Sean Doolittle is ferocious, smart, original and funny. What more do you want? I'd say he's one to watch but you'd do better just to read him." - Jack Ketchum, author of The Girl Next Door and The Lost

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