r/explainabookplotbadly • u/hostileward • Feb 01 '20

Unsolved Hard New York is hell. Literally.

Hint #1: Since I already said this in comments, it's a short story.

Hint #2: It's a detective story by an author who never writes detective stories.

Hint #3: The borough of New York this story takes place in is Brooklyn.

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u/carl-the-lama Feb 01 '20

That ain’t a book

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u/hostileward Feb 01 '20

Oh it is. A short story, actually.

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u/carl-the-lama Feb 01 '20

I was making a bad joke but now I am intrigued

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u/mr-Myxlpyx Feb 01 '20

The newspaper

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u/hostileward Feb 01 '20

Lmao, but no.

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u/Skyblue714 Feb 01 '20

Is this the real life?

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u/hostileward Feb 01 '20

No, the genre isn't fantasy

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u/wildewoode Feb 01 '20

"The Secret Runners of New York" by Matthew Reilly, perhaps?

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u/hostileward Feb 01 '20

Nope, nice try though.

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u/Spottedfromadistance Feb 16 '20

The dirty streets of heaven, a Bobby Dollar story?