Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed

Marc Blatte

Schaffner Press, Inc.,  March 2009

On a manic ride from the mixing boards of hip-hop recording studios to mansions in the Hamptons and the projects of the urban ghetto, Detective Black Sallie Blue Eyes ventures behind-the-scenes of the record business in search of a street-side assassin. Casting a widely satirical net on all spectra and species of the Manhattan social scene—from tweaking downtown hipsters, wrestling fetishists, and rapper wannabes to real estate moguls and hip-hop impresarios—this satirical urban noir novel offers intrigue, insight, and an innovative brand of humor.

hardcover | ISBN: 9780980139419 | Publication Date: March 2009

Reviews:
"This guy writes like a freight train on fire . . . "
--Fred Berner, Executive Producer, Law & Order

"A rollicking page-turner that engrosses the reader from page one -- a unique, hip, urban whodunit that ushers in a new voice to the mystery genre."
--John Burdett, author, Bangkok 8 and Bankgkok Haunts

"Marc Blatte puts his street cred on the line with this hugely entertaining, rollercoaster ride through New York's most dangerous, most colorful precincts."
--Ken Kalfus, 2006 National Book Award Finalist, A Disorder Peculiar To The Country

"Reading Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed, the pages flew. I went through them like money."
--Peter de Jonge, coauthor (with James Patterson), The Beach House

"Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed is a page-turner that serves up plot as elegantly twisted and satisfying as the best urban crime novels. Blatte packs his punches with language as crackling and colorful as the city of New York itself."
--Fred Berner, Executive Producer, Law & Order