"Fans of White Fang and The Iron Heel will rejoice. One of the least politically correct texts of our time.
His white-hot scorn for literary fashion lights up nearly every sentence here. It’s not just because both writers are from the slums of Oakland, California, that Williamson is such a passionate advocate for London. Two-up is an effort where words never fail." - The Bloomsbury Review
Williamson’s triumph is to open up one of the great currents of American literature, the saga of the American worker, a bloody battered, disabused hero. " Two-Up is rare work of fiction whose sharp realism and dark center recall the sagas of an earlier, more authentic sort. Williamson, the bard of the blue-collar laborer. Some novelists enter readers’ brains subtly. The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review It puts you in close touch with cold reality and could even change you forever. …a little like falling face-first against a concrete slab. The New York Times Book ReviewĪ confident debut, an arresting, often harrowing read. His prose cuts loose in torrid rhythms that evoke the peril and exuberance of jazz. Williamson’s writing becomes transcendent.
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