Groove Is Out

Groove is a crime novel about R&B, record collecting, obsession, violence, and the strange places desire can take you. It’s set in Los Angeles, a city I’ve lived in and around for most of my life, and one that has always seemed made for noir.

In some ways, writing Groove felt like a natural extension of the work I’ve done as a literary translator. I’ve spent years translating Boris Vian, whose books taught me a great deal about how comedy, brutality, music, and surrealism can occupy the same page.

I was especially pleased when noir legend James Sallis — author of Drive — praised my work in the Los Angeles Times. That meant a great deal to me.

Groove is lean, strange, funny, and dark. I hope it moves as quickly for you as it did for me while I was writing it.

Published by Close to the Bone / Grit Publications.

Paperback available now on Amazon:
Groove on Amazon

If you read it, I’d love to hear what you think.

Finally, thank you to everyone who has read my work, supported it, and encouraged me over the years. I couldn’t be happier to finally put this novel in your hands. I have not abandoned my political writing, and I’m working on a full-length book that will chronicle much of what I’ve been writing about for the last ten years.

—Paul