The Ultimate Rush

by Joe Quirk

Book Overview

Chet Griffin blades his way through San Francisco every day as the fastest messenger on wheels. When he hands off a package containing a billion-dollar computer disk, everyone in the city wants to get... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688152708
• ISBN13: 9780688152703
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

WHAT a RUSH!

It's just killing me that Joe Quirk never finished his next book. I WANT MORE!!!!!!!!!! I could easily become addicted to his unique brand of quirky (Ha!)writing.This adrenaline injected, irreverant, ballsy, I-know-I'm-a-screw-up-but-that-never-stopped-me-before, FUNNY, wild ride of a book was just what the doctor ordered. I've just had it with serial killers, down on their luck lawyers, submarine commanders, crooked politicians, imaginary beasts, and pissed off chicks and their stalker ex-boyfriends. I just had a great time, forgot my troubles, laughed out loud a whole lot, and wished it wasn't over when it was. Reminds me of the sixties. ( The last sentence, not the book.) All that for a few pennies. Wow!

The Average Joe's Ultimate Rush

Haha...first lemme point out, I find my review title funny. Wow, I crack myself up. Anyhoo...this book, The Ultimate Rush, my friend Alicia and I read it and wow, did it give us something to gawk at or what. I'm still passing it around my circle of friends as well, who would all comment well on it. We find ourselves now using clever lines flourished from the author Joe Quirk's head, and refer to it even as the "Bible" on some occasions, considering we follow up on it for quirky lines and thanks to Ho, fashion statements. Not only has this book opened my eyes to more comedic and real-time thoughts, thanks to sarcastic lead character Chet Griffen, a hacker turned ex hacker turned blader boy hacker with some serious issues when it comes down to love life, making rent, and choosing television channels with his roommate and disabled buddy Denny. Not ONLY do things get worse when his lesbian friend Ho breaks up with her girl, and Chet realizes that he's got the hots for her, but also when this simple messenger guy becomes the hunted by the hunter, which not surprisingly turns out to be the Chinese mafia! I dunno about you, but this is simply one paragraph, and already I'm feeling the need to re-read the book for the hundredth time. Anyway, pick up the book...I got it for cheap because the boneheads that call themselves book critics can't tell the difference between shat and THE SHAT (I'll make it past tense so my review will be read), so spare a few bucks and give this excellent bundle of paper and ink a try, and trust me: You'll soon be left feeling the average Joe's ultimate rush.Haha...I did it again. Go me. And go READERS and pick up the book already!

Rollin' over Reality...

Well, by now you got the idea, the plot. What I liked was the precision of the adjectives, the honesty of the sexual tension, the grit of the crashes, the nastiness of the dialogue, the enjoyment of life on the edge, the adrenaline rush, the sugar highs, and the believable denouement. Fiberglass schmiberglass.Everyone in my house read it like it was icecream on a hot day. I am handing it around to my friends here in Berkeley. Yes, I know Joe Quirk, argue with him frequently, think he's a classic writer, constantly picking your brain, absorbing new ideas all over the place.Enjoy yourself. It's a great read, but make a space. It could interrupt your work day.

When is the next book on the way?

I have read Mr. Quirk's first novel and am eager for more. The book soothed my nerves and helped pass some time stuck in the airport. I found the book so fast paced and enjoyable that I didn't notice that I had spent hours in an airport waiting to go home. Without the help of Mr. Quirk I might have slipped into the anger and insanity of the travellers around me. I was taken in right from the start and followed the twisted web until it abruptly spit me out at home.

Sensory Overload with Sugar on it

Oh my god, what a ride! The genius of what "Joe Quirk" has done is all the more amazing when you consider the fact that this book actually got published. I was beginning to think it was impossible to find a book by a contemporary author about characters other than the disillusioned middle and upper classes. As far as I know there has never been a book about this particular iteration of the nihilist fringe element in our society. The author doesn't let up on those of us who are unschooled in the jargon of "badass" bladers, skate boarders, etc. and I couldn't have been happier. READ it for its originality and for the love the author put into it even if you don't think you have anything in common with people with blue hair and pierced bodies. It has been a revelation. I could go on and on, this book excites me so, but I'll just try to chill and wait for Mr. Quirk's next book.