Life hasnt been easy for Eugene Huge Smalls. Sure, his IQ is off the charts, but that doesnt help much when youre growing up in the 1980s in a dreary New Jersey town where your bad reputation precedes you, the public school systems written you off as a lost cause, and even your own family seems out to get you. But its not all bad. Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett have taught Huge everything he needs to know about being a hard-boiled detective . . . and hes just been hired to solve his first case. What he doesnt realize is that his search for the truth will change everything for him.From the Trade Paperback edition.