He does what's right even if it means doing something wrong, and he's not solely motivated by personal gain. He was an outlaw in his former life as the Red Rock Kid, but he lived by a code. The majority of the narrative takes place in New York City (and even includes the real-life American Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden as part of the story), but Alex is a classic western hero. As such, the book is set against two familiar backdrops: the fading American west and the restless urban powder keg on the brink of war. Pulp is a marriage of western and noir fiction. Pulp features Brubaker's razor-sharp and engaging narration, as well as Phillips' painterly and evocative artistic style. Pulp is not a Criminal book, but fans of Criminal will no doubt recognize the treasured hallmarks of the award-winning franchise. Then, an old adversary appears with a lucrative proposition (steal from the pro-Nazi German American Bund headquarters in New York), and Max finds himself on the wrong side of the law, but for the right reasons. He finds himself living on borrowed time and worried about providing for his wife. Max stops a pair of hoodlums from harassing a Jewish boy on the subway, but ends up beaten, robbed, and in the hospital after a heart attack.
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