{"title":"Johnny Strike","description":"Johnny Strike is an American writer, mostly known as songwriter, guitarist and singer for the proto-punk band Crime based in San Francisco. Headpress published Strike's first novel in 2004, Ports of Hell, with a blurb by William S. Burroughs. Strike also interviewed Paul Bowles, Mohamed Choukri, Herbert Huncke and traveled, with extended stays in Morocco, Mexico, and Thailand, where he set his fiction. His writing has appeared in Ambit magazine, Headpress Journal, and Pulp Adventures. In 2008, Rudos and Rubes published his short story collection, A Loud Humming Sound Came From Above, illustrated by Richard Sala. His new ebook, The Exploding Memoir, is available now.","products":[{"product_id":"murder-in-the-medina-paperback","title":"Murder in the Medina - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn modern Tangier, wayward expat artists find themselves targeted by a diabolical cult. The resolution of one murder uncovers a conspiracy to infiltrate the mortal realm, and the expats pursue the world of magic, knowing it may be their only chance for survival. Enter the djinns ... Aided by the enigmatic Inspector Hassan, and his knowledge of mystic menaces, the expats may have a slim chance at survival.With more twists and turns than the passageways of the medina; the battle ensues in a noirish mystery, an exotic adventure, and a psychological exploration into uncharted psychic landscapes.Introduction by Allen Hibbard, author of \"Paul Bowles, Magic \u0026amp; Morocco\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68217948176607,"sku":"9781546496540","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/t1LPVCKGS9781546496540.webp?v=1792576284"},{"product_id":"the-exploding-memoir-paperback","title":"The Exploding Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA mystery-fantasy thriller by the author of \"Name of the Stranger\" and \"Murder in the Medina.\"Eddie Knox skips Pennsylvania before the local authorities can send him to reform school. After he settles in San Francisco's Chinatown, the mysterious Dr. Kublar takes him under his wing. What seems a benign gesture, gifting him with a job running \"errands,\" plunges him into a quest for an ancient stone tablet with powerful occult secrets. Now Eddie is the unwitting courier, cautiously threading his way between the authorities and the local tongs, against the backdrop of San Francisco's underground music scene.\"These are real maps of real places. That's what marks the artist - he's been there and has brought it back.\" - William S. Burroughs on \"Ports of Hell\"\"A perfect harmony of street rhythm and noir shadow as Strike's anti-hero careens through the end of the sixties with cynical style. Colliding somewhere between Camus and Jim Carroll, Strike's memoir shows us the real back alleys of San Francisco during its zeitgeist.\" - Tom Pitts, author of \"Hustle,\" \"American Static\"\"Like a well-thumbed crime thriller, once you pick up The Exploding Memoir you won't be able to put it down.\" - Mike Stax, \"Ugly Things\" magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68226927558879,"sku":"9781721939107","price":13.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/KuHn1FAjlm9781721939107.webp?v=1792605053"},{"product_id":"name-of-the-stranger-paperback","title":"Name of the Stranger - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNever get involved with a patient ... Especially the one threatening your life ...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Sutherland seemed harmless enough ... then Dr. Mason Stevens announced he was closing his practice. A thrifty mind and an inadvertent best-seller gave him the means to travel. Soon Dr. Stevens is at peace half-way around the world ... until Sutherland appears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas it just coincidence the former patient also left San Francisco, and settled in Morocco? Growing hostility convinces Stevens it's time to develop a healthy case of paranoia -- because he never knows when Sutherland might decide to bump into him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eName of the Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e is a contemporary thriller, written in the spirit of Patricia Highsmith, about a mental patient who demands \"closure\" -- but the hapless psychologist won't close this case without a fight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68341926723807,"sku":"9781537532936","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/3p_OVaf2eT9781537532936.webp?v=1793317856"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/johnny-strike.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}