Product Description

Homeless Michael Fox is about to commit suicide when a mysterious billionaire surgeon stops him and offers him two million dollars-for his right arm. But Fox-s arm is only the beginning, as the surgeon continues his mad experiments, removing parts of Fox-s body bit by bit and reassembling him from other parts. And Fox isn-t the only one the doctor is experimenting on.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #107826 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 289 pages

Customer Reviews

Great fast paced horror novel
This was my first time reading Gord Rollo, and man, what a novel to start with! I believe this was the August book of the month selection for the Leisure Horror Book Club (along with Brian Keene's Ghost Walk) and I immediately picked it up and started reading after skimming the back cover and checking out the gruesome cover. I was surprised at how quickly I was pulled into the story.

This was a fast-paced read with a bit of gore, but a lot of good character development and a really interesting contemporary take on the Frankenstein plot. Here, the story is based on a renegade scientist and his efforts to advance neuroscience by spending his fortune on top notch (but morally questionable) expertise and equipment. Test subjects are recruited from the streets and asked to sign paperwork signing over body parts for the scientist's (Dr. Marshall's) latest research. Rollo's protagonist, Michael Fox, is someone you immediately empathize with, despite his addiction to cheap booze and his life as a less than reputable homeless person (he's not above breaking into cars for the occasional Sterno high). Mr. Fox is offered a once in a lifetime opportunity -- two million bucks, and all he has to give up is his right arm! Needless to say, there turns out to be more to the "opportunity" than he thinks...

Gord cites his influences as Stephen King, Richard Laymon, and Dean Koontz, and you can definitely see their influence at work -- he focuses on the storytelling and keeps the writing simple and clean. There are also echoes of Michael Crichton (think Terminal Man) in the story.

I read the whole book in a few hours and couldn't put it down. Highly recommended for readers of contemporary horror. I will be checking out Mr. Rollo's other stories for sure.

Hideous And Evil, Gord Rollo's Writing Demands To Be Experienced.
I discovered Gord Rollo thanks to Leisure Horror's book club. If Gord's name doesn't leap out at you, then the title The Jigsaw Man, and the picture of the body sewn back together on the cover, should.

A homeless man named Mike Fox, who Rollow creates as a likeable guy that anyone could sit and have a beer with, down and out and to the point of suicide, gets offered loads of $$$ to have his arm cut off and going ... who knows where?

He is driven to a haunting, castle-like fortress out in the middle of nowhere, which turns out to be a torture factory of medical madness, and then put through a hell no sane person would ever want to experience.

Lots of scumbags in this tale are written very good and wind up navigating this story into the abyss of revenge. And like any good revenge novel, this one delivers in both the writing, descriptions, and excellently developed characters.

Definitely will be one of the best Horror novels written in 2008.


Horrordude

This was awesome
I'm a fan of horror, the darker and bloodier the better. This book delivered 100%. I usually read a lot of John Saul but his books aren't as dark as they can be. Rollo on the other hand holds nothing back.

The story goes through a man's life that ended when his family was killed in a tragic car accident, now homeless and with nothing in this world to live for he decides to kill himself. As he waits for his death on the train tracks, a limo pulls up and a man named Drake makes him an offer he can't refuse. Two million dollars for his right arm, to go to a doctor who is trying to help his disfigured son.
This is where the story turns and a loveable character of a doctor quickly shows his evil side. The doctor will do ANYTHING to save his son, even if it leads to the death of others. All in all it's a great story and very graphic so beware of that if you don't like that stuff. I look forward to more books by this author.