The title story, THE DEVIL IN KANSAS, is worth the price of admission. It got my old sheep heart pumping and then ripped it from my chest (replaced it with some kind of valve contraption), and left me loving Ohle even more than I did before I took the plunge. I admire the idea of "stories for the screen." If you are into cinematic narratives, that is, books shaped films, books that truly feel filmic, then you'll dig these three strange gems. bizarro-fiction3 s Andy Weston2,714 210

I read Motorman a few years back and really enjoyed it, but it’s taken me a while to get back to Ohle. It might be that he isn’t as popular in Europe, I notice that none of my GR community has read him. He is very much my sort of humour, a twisted brilliance, dry humour that is dark, nasty and oppressive.

There are three novella length stories here, and they’re all good. They are darker than Motorman, and with much more subtle humour. They revolve around thwarted wealth, or desire for it, and the indifference of the universe to suffering.
As the title suggests, the stories are cinematic. If I had to pick a favourite though, it would be the title story, more flagrantly insane than the other two, a tale involving motorcross, aliens, and parallel universes.

A reminder to myself to read the Ohle follow ups to Motorman, and not leave it years (again).. and to recommend him to others who a degree of psychotic disorientation to their reading occasionally. american-literature humour novella2 s TobiasAuthor 12 books196

Mixed feelings on these -- but the title story (involving motorcross, aliens, and parallel universes) is wonderfully insane stuff, and "The Wind Wagon" meets my needs for surreal Westerns.read2012 Michael76

A perfect follow up after reading Twilight by William Gay. Bill Hsu855 173

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