Reviews

“Packed with punk filth, pulp grit, and the darkest humor this side of death itself, The Belcher is the drunken chronicle of an ultraviolent miscreant of a hero, the kind the 21st century has forgotten but truly needs.”

“This is a real gem for troubadours. It is Kafkaesque, super-human, high ladder bullet-train to absurdity and yet it has a worldly critique baiting us by the pop grammatology of Hollywood. Utterly enjoyable, but only for the ‘uncommitted.’”

“Take one shot superhero mythology for the modern age, one shot of ‘Fritz the Cat’-style sleaze humor and mix thoroughly in a trash can, and you’ve got ‘The Belcher.’ As a writer for Modern Drunkard Magazine, Luke Schmaltz has already established himself as a top-tier tastemaker of all things down and dirty, be it a martini or a street fight, and with ‘The Belcher’ his literary voice finds a fitting everyman character in Earl, a ramshackle drunk with a throat of vengeance. Prepare to be entertained.”

“Awash with booze and brutal action, Luke Schmaltz’s first book sings like a cruel and richly-deserved whipcrack across the back of America’s complacent reading public.”

“The Belcher carefully portrays a beer drinking, bar fighting, parallel universe inhabited by fantastical and well-developed characters who seem beyond imagination. The reader is immediately thrown into a dirtier, grittier, and much funnier version of the façade we make of our world. Schmaltz’s characters, his gift with words, and his expertise as a barfly makes this a book that you cannot put down.”

“A heroic punk rock love story. A rad read for all punks, rockers, geeks and freaks. A must for any underground Mile-High musician.”

“Well … I almost cried multiple times from laughing.”