BOOK REVIEW: "Give Me A Hand" by Osnar Chávez. Unflinching Noir and Visceral Dread

This horror short story is not merely a crime thriller; it is a profound and deranged masterpiece of genre-bending fiction, combining hard-boiled crime with escalating body horror and pitch-black absurdity. This is a book that doesn’t just walk the dark streets but drags the reader through the muck, rain, and grime while simultaneously navigating the ultimate internal war. The author introduces us to a world where sensory overload is the price of survival and moral clarity is a forgotten luxury.

"Give Me A Hand" is essential reading for fans of uncompromising, unhinged fiction. It signals a literary work interested in the corrosive toll of violence and the grim priorities of men who live outside the law—and potentially outside the known laws of physics. It moves beyond literary noir and becomes a landmark work of the grotesque, reminiscent of the body horror of David Cronenberg and the surreal fatalism of the darkest B-movie cinema. It is an unforgettable descent into a world where identity is patchwork, and tragedy is delivered with the blunt force of a magic blender.

GRIM RATING: 4/5 Dead Skulls

(Review by Devin Grim www.grimgasm.net)