Eve's Men

By Newton Thornburg

"A commanding writer of unusual delicacy and power." —THE NEW YORKER

A classic bad seed and his good-guy brother fall in love with the same woman. Wild man Brian demolishes a movie set as revenge against the studio he feels is defaming him. As Brian rampages from Colorado to Seattle with girlfriend Eve in tow, his brother Charley follows, unnerved by Brian's increasingly violent behavior.

Eve, Brian, and Charley are on a crusade ride through mayhem and madness, where one seeks justice, another seeks redemption, and all three seek something in the ruins—each other. EVE'S MEN is a fascinating ride with a wild man and those who love him.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Diversion Books
• Release date: Apr 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9781626817494

Reviews for Eve's Men

[davewilde-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Absolutely terrific novel. At the heart of the book is a story of sibling rivalry. One is a charming rogue with no career or family, but a knack for using his looks and his appeal to his advantage. Seemingly no one is immune to Brian's charms, not music stars, not country farmers, not Eve, who knows what Brian is and can never seem to say no, and not his big brother Charley whose taken over the family business and has a house, a career, and a marriage. When Brian is in trouble, Charley is always running to bail his brother out. While in the surface, Charley
has got it all, a part of him follows his brother, wanting the excitement, the drama, the absolute perfection of Eve, Brian's latest fling.

The story though is more than just sibling rivalry. It, like any good noir, is about a descent into a whirlpool of crap one step at a time. It's not enough to just bail Brian out of jail after his latest arson, but
Charley finds himself too sinking into this maelstrom of crap and on the run from the FBI with no good explanation for what he's up to with Brian and Eve. As Charley proceeds, you wonder how different he
really is from Brian, stripping away layer after layer of his old life.
There's a story here too about fame and about chasing your fifteen minutes of fame and how the news doesn't always get the whole story. There's a theme about washed up Hollywood actors and actresses and the jaded end many of them find, trying to drown out their hopes and dreams.

Overall, Thornburgh gives us a really great novel, one they is really worth picking up. At times, poetic, but mainly straight-ahead
storytelling