Bang Bang

The writing is intense. The author is extremely sensual in his descriptions of wine, food, sex, and emotional states. While the book is short, it takes a while to read because you want to stop and get some food, wine or companionship. Also it is great fun as a political statement against guns and the......more

My most recent library trip unintentionally ended up with a string of satire. But unlike Moore and Jennings, Hoffman isn't playing for laughs. Her portrayal of one woman's rebellion against America's gun culture is poignant and painful. And incredibly well written.......more

IT'S WYSIWYG In Lynn Hoffman's fabulous Bang BANG, what you see is literally what you get. Hoffman writes in such an immediate, descriptive style, scene after scene comes alive in the theatre of your mind. It's like watching through the lens of some 16 megapixel digital camera as it clicks off four f......more

Lynn Hoffman does something of which few authors I know of are capable. He has written a novel in which the gun lobby, AKA, National Rifle Association NRA and the food lobby which I don’t think has a lobby, and if it does, I won’t hazard a guess at its acronym, and are almost equal in their importan......more

A stunning accomplishment, a laugh-out-loud, cry-out-loud, terrifying, original and wonderful novel. I read it at least three times in draft form and once after it was published. bang Bang ranks high among the best novels I've ever read. I can't recommend it more strongly.......more