![]() Problem is, Darby doesn’t have any good leads. Having hit a bad stretch with his sales, he’s been put on notice he’s got six months to get his numbers headed in the right direction again or he’ll be fired. Telecommunications salesman Darby Stansfield is desperate. (Ouch! Sorry about that.)Ĭhop Suey is what would happen if you threw Glengarry Glen Ross and Office Space in a blender. Good thing because Chop Suey left me hungry for more. Ty Hutchinson is hard at work on a sequel continuing the adventures of Darby Stansfield. So who’ll play Darby Stansfield in the Hollywood blockbuster movie? Think Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys meets Ferris Bueller when it’s not his day off. The sharp up and down bell tones of the Cantonese language rang out amid the chewing and swallowing. The staff palmed their bowls in one hand while they made short work of deboning the chicken with their teeth and shoveled gobs of white rice into their mouth. Within seconds, a barrage of lemon-yellow, plastic chopsticks darted back and forth through the air, each finding their targets with deadly accuracy. ![]() In between the action are sparkling descriptions, like this one of the hapless Fan Gang chowing down. How Darby navigates these worlds, romances the beautiful Leslie Choi, and eventually confronts the deranged killer, lurking in a major sub-plot, form the core of Hutchinson’s thriller. To convince rival gangs to climb on board. Getting a foot in the door would be the tough part but once I gained entrance, I should be free to roam around, especially if I had a kickass case study.Ī kickass case study. My thinking told me if I could convince one gang, I could convince others. The Triads were only the beginning though. Chop Suey is told in Darby’s voice, breezy and brash, a perfect tone for the crazy plans he hatches. It’s not easy to write comedy, introduce a vicious serial killer, and navigate successfully between the two. Ty Hutchinson has done a good job with this book. And that’s even before he crosses paths with a scary serial killer and sultry Leslie Choi. Yes, Darby is going to become THE wireless business solutions’ supplier to the Chinese mob. The last gets him tangled up with the one of the Chinese gangs known as the Triads. The second features an ill-fated potato sack race. Only closers get coffee - says Harold - but Darby has a series of “Darbytastic” plans to make it happen, bro. Darby had a taste of the good life after his first account went platinum, but it was yanked from him (and given to Rose) by his evil manager, Harold, who has given him six months to sell, or get fired. A bottom feeder, Darby longs to be a heavy hitter like Frank Rose who drives a different Porsche to work every day. It kept me turning pages.ĭarby Stansfield sells wireless business solutions at Teleco. Chop Suey mostly stays light and fun, then turns gritty when the storyline calls for it. ![]() He was standing right next to her.Ĭhop Suey a debut novel by Ty Hutchinson, is a fast, funny and well-plotted thriller set in San Francisco and Hong Kong. She knew this, of course, because he had broken the beam of light that peeked in through the top of the door. What did he want? Why me? Will it be different from the last time he entered the room?īowing her head, she said a prayer, hoping there would be no repeat. ![]() ![]() Her eyes would not adjust to the darkness any better than they already had. Even though her sight was hampered by the dark, she was sure something moved off to the side. Sulyn detected movement off to the side of the tub but the door didn’t open. That’s what it was like for Sulyn day in and day out. ![]()
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