Punch Line

R. Gordon Moyles is professor emeritus of English at the University of
Alberta. He is co-author of Imperial Dreams and Colonial Realities:
British Views of Canada, 1880–1914, author of The Salvation Army and
the Public, and editor of “Improved by Cult

An “over-the-hill” gang strikes again. This time, in Joey
Slinger’s version, they (several unusually vigorous inmates of a
seniors’ home) are tracking down the killers of the wife of one of
their newest colleagues, Ballantine, a super sleuth and supreme
manipulator. And they bump them off with hardly a care for the old cop
who is breathing down their necks. The plot is outrageous, the
characters maniacal, the mayhem quite funny, and the whole thing quite
screwy. So, if you don’t mind some very raunchy language and an
overabundance of f-words (as many as 18 on one page) you might like to
treat yourself to some of the zaniest senior antics in recent fiction,
slung (pun intended) by one of the masters of bizarre humour.